Arizona Governor Welcomes Uber Fleet of Self-Driving Cars

[RandySF]

PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) - Uber’s self-driving cars are coming soon to a road near you.

The ride-hailing company made the announcement Thursday, much to the delight of Gov. Doug Ducey.

"Arizona welcomes Uber self-driving cars with open arms and wide open roads,” he said after the announcement. “While California puts the brakes on innovation and change with more bureaucracy and more regulation, Arizona is paving the way for new technology and new businesses.”

Uber pulled its 16 self-driving vehicles off the streets of San Francisco Wednesday after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked their registrations last week. The pilot program, which is now coming here, lasted only a week.


http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34117216/uber-coming-to-az-to-test-self-driving-cars-governor-says-welcome

[LonePirate]

1. Watch for those cars as they run red lights and don't always spot pedestrians.

[LisaM]

2. Goodbye jobs!! n/t

[denbot]

3. Arizona has terrible roads.

Hard vibrations tend to make tech a little glitchey. Good luck with that.

[former9thward]

5. What are you talking about?

AZ has some of the best roads I have ever driven on. Far better than CA.

[denbot]

8. Pfft

I drive long hall for a living. AZ has by far the worst roads. I-40 is a disgrace.

[Auggie]

4. California: Better safe than sorry

Oh yeah .... it's all shits and giggles until someone gets hurt. It will happen.

[former9thward]

6. How many people die in CA from human driven cars?

Thousands. Don't care about them?

[Auggie]

9. Brilliant reply!

[RandySF]

10. Then you will be signing up to ride one?

[former9thward]

12. Of course I would.

Just as I fly on computer driven airlines where the pilot is essentially doing nothing the whole flight.

[Cha]

7. Yay California.. notice AZ had to throw a cheap shot at them

[SeattleVet]

11. After having driven in Arizona a while back...

I can say that these may actually be an improvement over some of the retirees that I encountered there.

Nothing against retirees - I am one! But a machine that can follow a few basic driving rules and techniques would blow a bunch of the ones I saw completely out of the water. I mean basic stuff, like stopping at a red light, or NOT stopping at a green, or not driving for miles with the car centered over the line, doing 5-10 under the speed limit.