Since this is still in development, Uber should have assumed that the self driving software would fail unexpectedly.
If a human sees something work 1000 times, they will expect it to work every time. Uber should have anticipated overconfidence in the software. They should have coached the driver on this. They should have reviewed footage of safety drivers to ensure that safety drivers are complying with instruction.
This was not an accident. This was carelessness. I blame Uber. Uber's "just get it done" cultural attitude is incompatible with developing safe self-driving software. There's a reason that Google, with 10X the number of miles on the road, have not killed anyone.
Since this is still in development, Uber should have assumed that the self driving software would fail unexpectedly.
If a human sees something work 1000 times, they will expect it to work every time. Uber should have anticipated overconfidence in the software. They should have coached the driver on this. They should have reviewed footage of safety drivers to ensure that safety drivers are complying with instruction.
This was not an accident. This was carelessness. I blame Uber. Uber's "just get it done" cultural attitude is incompatible with developing safe self-driving software. There's a reason that Google, with 10X the number of miles on the road, have not killed anyone.