Pittsburgh is home to a new fleet of Uber’s self-driving taxis. For the Ying of self driving taxis, is the Yang of safety experts.
The safety concerns:
- self driving technology is not ready for primetime.
- It’s like the safety experts think self driving taxis are the Kaepernick of transportation world.
- PA has no self driving car statutes or regs.
- e.g. Who do we sue if there is an accident?
- Self driving cars have gone off bridges and Pittsburgh has a lot of bridges
- building bridges isn’t safe or good?
Governing | As Pittsburgh Gears Up to Debut Self-Driving Ubers, Safety Experts Worry
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