THE SOFTWARE WAS DESIGNED IN FLORIDA
Self-Driving Volvo Tries To Run Some People Over
(Thanks to Bill Hudgins and Al Barkafski)
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May 27, 2015
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The car was released after producing a Florida license.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 27, 2015 at 08:57 AM
"Pedestrian detection functionality"? How about some "Drivers using their brains and paying attention" functionality? Apparently that is obsolete technology.
Eventually, fully autonomous cars won’t let this sort of thing happen
Are they effing kidding? They still haven't figured out how to make a PC that doesn't crash.
Sorry, I find nothing humorous about the very-near-future likelihood that I will be T-boned by another vehicle whose "driver" didn't merely make a mistake but was paying absolutely zero attention because his car would do everything including fondling his privates.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | May 27, 2015 at 09:01 AM
"Volvo. Still very safe, on the inside."
Posted by: Duncan Idaho | May 27, 2015 at 09:14 AM
The XC60 comes with a machete and knife as standard equipment; wet bar is optional.
Test markets: Tennessee, Florida, Texas.
Posted by: texican | May 27, 2015 at 09:17 AM
Well, wouldn't you expect a Google car to generate a bunch of hits?
Posted by: padraig | May 27, 2015 at 09:34 AM
Checking another source, the so-called "people" it plowed into were only reporters. I'm calling it a win-win.
Posted by: Allen at Division | May 27, 2015 at 09:36 AM
" ... and leave the driving to us. "
Posted by: Clankie | May 27, 2015 at 11:56 AM
The Batman-esque graphic was a nice touch.
Posted by: funny man | May 27, 2015 at 12:10 PM
Penalty flag thrown at Padraig. LOL. As a DBA I can positively state that this is an app problem and not the database. Maybe firmware. Probably Microsoft......
Posted by: LeDud | May 27, 2015 at 12:16 PM
"Playing the part of Christine in tonight's performance will be Volvo . . . "
Posted by: Bob | May 27, 2015 at 01:29 PM
' . . . Mulva ? ? ? ! '
Posted by: ligirl | May 27, 2015 at 01:55 PM
As an App Developer and a an Oracle DBA, LeDud, I can pretty much guarantee that the problem is that this crash wasn't caused by IOS. Under the hood, I'm betting that you'll find MySQL, .Net and possibly a very small furry rodent which nibbled on the wiring (Should have used Processing! Sorry, inside developer joke...)
Posted by: Pirateboy | May 27, 2015 at 03:00 PM