"every year since 2010, #cars with pedestrian #avoidanceSystems have represented a higher proportion than ever of cars moving around on American #roads. And almost every year since 2010, the #pedestrian death count has gone up."
These techs are "a distraction… less about transforming the status quo than maintaining it"
For those continuing to cycle the same "argument" over and over again "Do not build new railroads, #autonomouscars will solve everything! We will not need trains anymore! AI! Self driving vehicles!one!!eleven!!!....
Last weekend due to track overhaul, there was no subway between Euclid Ave and Howard Beach/JFK Airport resp Lefferts Blvd in Ozone Park,
The buses ran so frequently that they had 2 cars(!) in average between - and all were full! Congestion. Just to replace one(!) subway line!
Question for anyone who is working on self-driving taxis here in #sanfrancisco ... What happens if someone barfs in the car? Is there some kind of barf recognition #algorithm that tells the car to go back to the depot for cleaning? #autonomouscars
Second piece of Follow Up on @motoringpodcast this week is about the Uber autonomous test vehicle fatality and how the test driver was blamed and charged but not the company. Amazingly.
You need to visit the links in the show notes as the articles add a lot to the horrific story.
A group of protesters is disabling robotaxis by placing cones on their hoods, and I am laughing my ass off.
Autonomous cars are a blight, and it is the private-profit-maximizing opposite of what we need in dense, urban areas (i.e. more pedestrian spaces, fewer cars, more transit).
The energy here is pure chaotic good and I’m loving it.
“Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis With Traffic Cones”