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EarlG

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1. Looks like the human driving the truck may have been at fault...

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:27 AM

Nov 2017

A representative with the City of Las Vegas issued the following statement:

"The autonomous shuttle was testing today when it was grazed by a delivery truck downtown. The shuttle did what it was supposed to do, in that it’s sensors registered the truck and the shuttle stopped to avoid the accident. Unfortunately, the delivery truck did not stop and grazed the front fender of the shuttle. Had the truck had the same sensing equipment that the shuttle has the accident would have been avoided. Testing of the shuttle will continue during the 12-month pilot in the downtown Innovation District."

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Driverless shuttle involved in crash on first day of service in downtown Las Vegas [View all] brooklynite Nov 2017 OP

Looks like the human driving the truck may have been at fault... EarlG Nov 2017 #1

At fault, yes; but the vehicle needs to be responsive to external human behavior brooklynite Nov 2017 #5

In this case... forkol Nov 2017 #13

Passenger on board said the shuttle didn't have to ability to move backwards it just stopped and sat MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #19

We accept many thousands of highway deaths a year with human drivers Kaleva Nov 2017 #20

Human error not computer error Maggiemayhem Nov 2017 #8

In what way? Safer on the road... LisaM Nov 2017 #26

Surprise, surprise. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #2

I imagine the same was said LanternWaste Nov 2017 #4

Seems a driver would've moved forward or back to avoid the truck. Oh well, more testing needed. brush Nov 2017 #3

The vehicle sensors stopped it when it felt a danger. The truck hit it anyway. Maggiemayhem Nov 2017 #9

That seems to be the problem. The sensor stopped it. A driver would've moved it. brush Nov 2017 #10

Good suggestions lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #23

Not too sure about that.... forkol Nov 2017 #15

The incident you describe is much different than a stationary van being backed into by a slow... brush Nov 2017 #17

A horn would be what most people would have used. Kablooie Nov 2017 #31

Yes, seems that would have been one of the first things engineered into driverless cars. brush Nov 2017 #32

I have avoided accidents by looking at the driver's face... HopeAgain Nov 2017 #6

Watching tires helps as well Rural_Progressive Nov 2017 #7

Every sure thing I ever heard of turned out to be a not so sure thing bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #11

Skeptic! KPN Nov 2017 #16

Whew! That makes me feel better!! bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #18

Thanks republicans Achilleaze Nov 2017 #12

It isn't the guns ... oops, the computers KPN Nov 2017 #14

This is what all the candidates were warning about during the 2016 election. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2017 #21

Headline is clickbait. It was a fender bender and not a crash. Kaleva Nov 2017 #22

To the surprise of no one. eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 #24

No surprise that human error caused this accident and the driver was cited? Kaleva Nov 2017 #25

Back in my day we didn't need moving pictures.... moda253 Nov 2017 #28

I guess you didn't need jobs, either. eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 #29

"Driverless shuttle involved in crash", more like ... JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2017 #27

A driver in the shuttle would've taken some action to warn the truck driver, or to move the shuttle. brush Nov 2017 #33

The shuttle was sitting still and a truck backed into it. Kablooie Nov 2017 #30