Urban Mobility
Before It Uses Riders as Human Guinea Pigs in Arizona SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Waymo, must publicly release key information about its robot cars’ driving records in Arizona before it turns the vehicles loose on Phoenix streets and uses passengers as human guinea pigs, Consumer Watchdog said today. The nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group added that the
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Consumer Watchdog Warns SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The new Federal autonomous vehicle policy released today poses a threat to highway safety, Consumer Watchdog warned and the nonpartisan nonprofit group called for the enactment of enforceable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards specifically covering self-driving cars. Vision for Safety 2.0 Dubbed a “Vision for Safety 2.0” and released
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Consumer Watchdog’s “Self-Driving Vehicles: The Threat to Consumers” Filed as Testimony with United States Senate Commerce Committee WASHINGTON— Robot cars operating without mandatory safety, security, privacy and ethical standards will pose unprecedented risks to the American public, Consumer Watchdog warned in a report dated June 14, 2017, Self-Driving Vehicles: The Threat to Consumers. The report is being issued in conjunction with a
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When Robot Driving Technology Fails, Consumer Watchdog says. While the driver of the other vehicle may have technically been at fault in the Arizona Uber crash, it could well be the case that the robot vehicle did not behave as a human-driven car would have, contributing to the crash. SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A crash involving an Uber
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When Uber illegally deployed its robot cars in San Francisco last year, the self-driving vehicles were observed driving through red lights. SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Uber today received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test its robot cars in the state and Consumer Watchdog warned that the cars should not carry passengers while still being tested. “When
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PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumer Watchdog today called on Uber to release information about testing its robot cars in Arizona after pulling them out of San Francisco and to answer 10 questions about its vision for self-driving vehicles. In a letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project Director John M. Simpson wrote: “Consumer Watchdog believes you opted to pick up your toys and move because you
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Uber is refusing to obtain required permits to test robot cars on San Francisco streets in order to keep test information secret and avoid public scrutiny, Consumer Watchdog said today. The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Attorney General have told Uber that the company must get permits or face legal action. A meeting
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