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What do you do when you see a van that apparently has no driver? Following reports that a 'Driverless' Vehicle was cruising the streets of Clarendon, Virginia, reporter Adam Tuss chased down the 2017 Ford Transit Connect van and discovered it was being driven by a man wearing a car seat costume.
After multiple inquiries[...] the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute said Monday afternoon that the van and van driver are part of a study they are conducting on driverless cars. The worker was wearing the uniform he was supposed to wear.
"The driver's seating area is configured to make the driver less visible within the vehicle, while still allowing him or her the ability to safely monitor and respond to surroundings," a statement from the institute says.
Virginia Tech declined to make the half car seat, half man -- as Tuss put it -- available for an interview.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday August 10 2017, @04:01PM (1 child)
There's a cop who lectures bike groups, who says that making eye contact with drivers is pointless. They will look right through you and drive over you anyway. The thing to do is watch their wheels. You can see a wheel start to turn or spin much sooner than you can see the car start to move.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 10 2017, @10:06PM
You can't even make eye contact anymore, courtesy of tinted windows (widespread at the front despite being mostly illegal), and how many people are staring at their phone or GPS.