https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/19/uber-self-driving-car-fatality-halts-testing-in-all-cities-report-says.html

It can only get better?

I forgot about that. According to the movie “Sideways,” those things are mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBS75pQhzXE#t=50

All good points ;) I was thinking about speed with maneuverability. I expect they shoo away the parking enforcement officers, too.

However, I am concerned about the stability of riding a two-legged animal. Maybe four legs would be better. Elephants seem nice and stable, but they are large and probably require a lot of food. Horses are smaller and probably eat less than elephants, yet probably retain similar stability. They may even be easier to mount, probably self-avoid accidents with trucks, and may even be able to find their way back home if the rider is too drunk to steer.

If we switch from cars to animals for transportation, what could go wrong? Why did we never think of it before? I’m buying stock in a buggy-whip company.
http://www.nyhistory.org/community/horse-manure

http://images.realclear.com/349842_5_.jpg

Since cars, shuttles, and buses carry people, defensive driving is going to be paramount. The use of the horn was appropriate in that case, since the purpose of the horn is to warn other drivers of potentially hazardous situations.

Those people could have been watching a truck barrel out of control at them, knowing that they were going to die if the shuttle didn’t “step out of the way.”

I think that Google is showing that autonomous and human-driven vehicles can coexist safely. Las Vegas may have merely put into use a system that was not yet ready for prime time.