Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Feds shut down ill-advised driverless school bus tests in Florida


A technology company operating in Babcock Ranch, Florida was ordered by the US Department of Transportation on Friday to cease activity on a pilot-program using autonomous vehicles to transport school children. TNW reported last month that tech startup Transdev had entered an agreement with the progressive city of Babcock Ranch to demonstrate its autonomous shuttles. At the time we called the initiative, which saw young children riding the bus on public roadways, reckless. It looks like we weren’t the only ones who thought as much. The NHTSA release a statement ordering the company to stop: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s…

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https://ift.tt/2R7emgT Tristan Greene October 22, 2018 at 03:01PM

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