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Are they getting desperate? It's a total deflection tactic. Trying to shift the blame away from their technology but the answer is even more pathetic. "We forgot we turned it off." I mean, someone has to explain the "why".
Let the blame game begin! Aptiv vs. Uber.
"Uber Technologies, Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona last week, according to the auto-parts maker that supplied the vehicle’s radar and camera.
“We don’t want people to be confused or think it was a failure of the technology that we supply for Volvo, because that’s not the case,” Zach Peterson, a spokesman for Aptiv Plc, said by phone. The Volvo XC90’s standard advanced driver-assistance system “has nothing to do” with the Uber test vehicle’s autonomous driving system, he said.
Aptiv Pic is desperate to survive here. They are crapping on Uber with this desperate explanation.
Intel Corp.’s Mobileye, which makes chips and sensors used in collision-avoidance systems and is a supplier to Aptiv, said Monday that it tested its own software after the crash by playing a video of the Uber incident on a television monitor. Mobileye said it was able to detect Herzberg one second before impact in its internal tests, despite the poor second-hand quality of the video relative to a direct connection to cameras equipped to the car.
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This is like a security company saying, "we had all these sensors and alarms, but we didn't have them on. So it's not our fault you got robbed."
No, it's more like, "We have all these doors to keep people out, but we didn't shut them. It's not our fault."
No, it's more like Chipotle saying, "We made bacteria-ridden burritos, but since you ate it, it's your fault. Not mine."
Don't hate on Chipotle man.
Wait, what? This needs way more explanation. Way more questions than answers. None of this makes sense.
Why did Uber disable it?
Did they know it was disabled?
Did the driver disable it?
Do drivers even have that ability? Why?
Why is it even possible to disable the collision avoidance software at all?
Always put your money on the most ovvious answer. In this case, Aptiv's sensor malfunctioned and they're just making excuses.
I agree the truth is probably stupider than we are suspecting but there must be one twist more than what you are saying. Like how Uber didn't install the latest software from Aptiv or any software for that matter because they're Uber and they can do whatever they want.
They ignored all communications from Aptiv just like they ignore inquiries from their drivers. Remember Travis, Dara, and their entire big boys culture are completely assh*les.
I'm gonna go with Fuego's answer. Uber is evil. Poor Aptiv.
If that's true, then they need a new PR firm. Telling the world they switched it off sounds worse than telling them it failed. Complete incompetence in the worse possible way.
Two in one, baby.
So Uber disabled the safety feature? Or Aptiv? Either way, why would you disable that?! Isn't that what you are testing?
Seriously. This would be hilarious is someone wasn't killed.
This is why self driving cars should be banned, forever. Ridiculous.
Any new technology will have growing pains. This one is particularly bad. But mark my words there will come a day when the idea of humans driving around with no technological assistance will seem absolutely ludicrous.
Think about it, AVs have only killed 1 person so far. Cars driven by humans have killed hundreds or thousands. I think Avs are doing pretty well...
HAHAHA come on man. AVs are like .00001% of all the cars on the road. You can't compare numbers straight up like that.
Human-driven cars? Over 3000 people die every day globally in car accidents. 1.3M a year. US alone - 37,000 deaths a year.
That's more than a 100 a day. More than 4 an hour.
http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics
Yeah, but what ant is saying is that there are way fewer AVs than there are real cars.
Divide those two numbers and you get 5.4X. That's how many more people are kiled by human drivers than AVs.
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Oooooooohh, look at the drama. Apriv vs. Uber! Throat cutting has begun. Go Aptiv! Good luck selling your technology to anyone else!
I smell a criminal lawsuit...