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Uber ends self-driving operation in Arizona
Uber has shuttered its self-driving testing program in Arizona and laid off close to 300 workers there — most of them test drivers, or "vehicle operators" — two months after one of its autonomous cars killed a pedestrian, the company said on Wednesday. The company had been testing its self-driving technology in the state since 2016, but halted operations in the wake of the March crash. The company's testing was also indefinitely suspended by the Arizona governor's office.
[...] Uber says it still plans to restart its self-driving operations in other locations (like Pittsburgh or San Francisco) once the investigations into the Arizona crash are complete. But in those locations, Uber will "drive in a much more limited way," according to an internal email obtained by ArsTechnica.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday May 25 2018, @02:03AM (2 children)
Now, now... stop with those lame excuses, as they are completely irrelevant.
You don't expect management to support the consequences of the screwup, do you? This would go against the natural order, mate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday May 25 2018, @02:23AM (1 child)
Of course not!
The testing team signed off on the test scripts. Management can't be expected to know anything about testing. That is why you hire testers.
If there was anything wrong with the tests, of course it was the test team's fault. That is why they were all sacked.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1) by anubi on Friday May 25 2018, @11:08AM
Well, the EULA had a clause down the line of "hold harmless"...
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]