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Showing posts with label Collision. Show all posts
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Uber Self-Driving Car Involved in Fatal Collision
A tragedy has occurred.
One of Uber’s self-driving cars, which have been being tested on public roadways for years, was involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian.
This is believed to be the first fatal incident involving an autonomous vehicle.
This is heartbreaking.
Tempe police report that 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg was walking her bicycle across a street on Sunday night.
A self-driving Uber SUV, which the company has been testing for a couple of years on public roads, reportedly struck and killed her.
The vehicle in question was a Volvo XC90 SUV.
Police also report that Rafael Vasquez, a 44-year-old test driver for Uber, was behind the wheel.
So far, it appears to investigators that the vehicle was traveling 40 miles per hour within a 35 mile-per-hour zone.
The problem, it appears, was that police say that they’ve found no evidence that the car slowed down.
Uber has temporarily suspended testing in the United States and in Canada while they address any issues.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted out his condolences.
“Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona.”
To be clear, he’s talking about the tragedy, not about the bad PR.
“We’re thinking of the victim’s family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened.”
Uber itself tweeted:
“Our hearts go out to the victim’s family. We’re fully cooperating with @TempePolice and local authorities as they investigate this incident.”
This is definitely a tragedy, and we hope that they can get to the bottom of this.
Multiple companies are in the self-driving car business. Most notably, Google’s self-driving car company, Waymo, has gained a lot of attention in recent years.
In many ways, the tech is much safer than a human driver.
These cars are not driving blindly based upon streetmaps — they are equipped with sensors.
People have described sitting in what was once the “driver’s seat” of one and wondering why it hadn’t accelerated after stopping for a stop sign, only to see a bicyclist ride out across the street from behind a bush.
These cars can sometimes “see” better than humans.
In this case, however, something terrible went wrong. And Uber hopes to find out just what that will be.
Autonomous vehicles are the future of travel.
Right now they’re being tested, and they’re still usually very safe — this is the first known fatality from an autonomous vehicle.
When the tech is complete, these will be cars that don’t get distracted, or sleepy, or drunk. Autonomous vehicles will mean that New Year’s Eve will one day be a safe night to drive.
This tech will also give increased mobility to people whose disabilities prevent them from driving.
At present, the technology is very good dealing with other cars, particularly on the highway. But the tech is still being tested in multiple states in the US and in Canada.
In addition to current issues with precipitation like rain and snow, which can also cause problems for human drivers, these programs sometimes find pedestrians difficult to predict.
One day, the idea of a person manually driving a car will be a bit like the idea of a person riding a horse. Sure, it happens, and we all know some people who have done it, but … it’s odd.
Though, to be fair, people riding on horses don’t cause over 1 million fatalities a year. Human-driven cars do that.
In the mean time, however, this woman died. That’s a tragedy, and we’re sure that her loved ones want answers even more than the people working on the tech.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office will determine if any charges should be filed, and which charges those might be — and against whom.
They test to work out bugs, but they’d never have taken the cars on public roads if they had believed that the cars were dangerous. Whatever alleged flaw may have led to this heartbreaking collision will surely be fixed.
This may have been the first-ever fatal accident caused by an autonomous vehicle, but let’s hope that it will be the last.
Friday, March 2, 2018
Arrow Season 6 Episode 14 Recap: Collision Course
Black Siren is one of the sketchiest characters in all of DC TV.
On Arrow Season 6 Episode 14, Dinah continued her mission to find and kill Laurel 2.0, and it resulted in one of the worst episodes of the series to date.
When we picked up, Oliver was still in police custody and learning all of the information. He subsequently met up with his cabinet.
There was a lot of uncertainty in the air because the money they gave to Cayden was well and truly missing.
Oliver revealed to Lance and Thea that Dinah was not about to give up her fight to take down Laurel and that they needed to stop her before it was too late.
Dinah dropped the bomb on Oliver that the money from the offshore account was gone, and this presented Oliver with a big issue: The city was going to fall apart if the money was not returned.
Dinah knew Laurel was behind it and showed off footage from the security camera to prove as much. This further fueled Dinah’s rage towards the Earth-2 version of Laurel Lance.
While everyone seemed to be on the lookout for Laurel, we learned that Lance still had her and was helping her recover from her gunshot wound.
Lance kept Laurel’s whereabouts on the down low and even went as far as trying to help them find ways to capture her.
He thought he was doing well, but then Thea followed him back to the lair and witnessed him helping the villain.
The fractured Team Arrow met up at Dinah, Curtis and Rene’s hideout, and it became a big argument over who took Black Siren.
The fight was pointless, but Rene managed to put a listening device on Oliver, so now they will be one step ahead of the game when trying to get ahead of their former allies.
Thea got Laurel on the phone with Oliver, and she revealed that she would hand over the cash so long as Team Arrow helped her get well out of the country and away from Dinah’s clutches.
Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity were on with the plan to help, but then Diggle’s bionic arm started acting up, and we got the reveal that Curtis was hacking it to get their location.
Dinah and her friends appear, and a big fight ensues, but Curtis manages to persuade Dinah into not killing Black Siren.
Rene was injured in the fight, and he had to be taken to the hospital, and it emerged that his injuries were severe.
Oliver had to tell everyone on his cabinet that they may not even get the money back, so it might be best to just give up on it.
In a final scene, Laurel was at a warehouse and asked for help from a worker under the pretense that she was kidnapped.
What did you think of the episode?
Sound off below!
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Bill Haas Describes "Terrible Head-On" Collision in 911 Call
Golf star Bill Haas was completely disoriented when he called 911 following a fatal car crash involving the Ferrari he was a passenger in during the wreck. TMZ obtained audio of the call Haas made immediately following last week’s…
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Cristiano Ronaldo Sports Black Eye After Bloody Collision
Alas, Cristiano Ronaldo’s perfect face finally has a flaw … Just a few days after taking a cleat to the face during a match against Deportivo, the Real Madrid star hit the practice field in Spain with a big ol’ shiner on his left eye. CR7…
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
J.T. Barrett Camera Collision Aftermath Caught On Video
TMZ Sports has obtained a video shot seconds after a photographer collided with Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett on Saturday … and you can see Barrett limping away in pain. The person who shot the video had great seats for the OSU vs.…
J.T. Barrett Camera Collision Aftermath Caught On Video
TMZ Sports has obtained a video shot seconds after a photographer collided with Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett on Saturday … and you can see Barrett limping away in pain. The person who shot the video had great seats for the OSU vs.…
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Macklemore"s Destroyed Maybach Revealed in First Pics After Collision
There’s no doubt Macklemore is lucky to be alive when you see what’s left of his Maybach after a head-on collision with an alleged drunk driver. TMZ obtained these pics of the wreckage — Mack’s 2016 Mercedes-Maybach is sitting in a tow…
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Macklemore Walks Away Unscathed After Head-On Collision
Macklemore is lucky to be alive after his Mercedes was hit head-on by an alleged drunk driver in a pickup truck … TMZ has learned. The accident happened Friday night just before 11 PM in Langley, Washington … a remote island town 90 minutes…
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