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Google vs. Uber? With no one in driver's seat?

Paul Heymont ·
Wait for it...Google is on the verge, apparently, of offering a ride-share app that would compete with Uber (a company it previously invested in). In the long run, Google hopes to pair it up with its longstanding driverless car research, which company...
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Coast-to-coast road trip...without a driver

Paul Heymont ·
Well, sort of without a driver. Delphi Automotive had a driver on board its highly-automated Audi S5, but only to a) satisfy local laws, and b) help out a bit less than 1% of the time as the Audi SQ5 which was chosen for its looks. Delphi added the...
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California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

Paul Heymont ·
That's the puzzling question faced by cops in Mountain View, CA the other day.   Mountain View, where Google...oops, Alphabet...is the most prominent corporate citizen is also one of the areas where Google's driverless cars are being tested. The...
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Re: California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

PortMoresby ·
"...so we still don't know how a ticket for a (not)driver would look." Maybe it would look the same as a parking ticket which, presumably, is also driverless. Or possibly an aid, such as a tow truck, would be involved. Let Alphabet bail out their driverless vehicle at the impound lot. Revenge of the non-nerds.
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Re: California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

DrFumblefinger ·
I'd hit the CEO with an abandonment of vehicle and reckless driving charge as well!
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Re: California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

Paul Heymont ·
My all-day question about this has been answered. I couldn't figure out how the cop stopped the car—does the car have a blue-light sensor? Did they have to call Google? etc. A friend found another article that clarified that the (non)driver is able to take over and stop and steer the car; Google has now come to an agreement with the police that if he notices traffic backing up behind him, the (non)driver will now pull over and let it pass. So there goes another dream job...riding around all...
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Re: California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

PortMoresby ·
I see no conflict whatever. Just put a rearview mirror on your book.
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