PATH research engineer Steven Shladover spoke on KQED Forum about The Good, Bad and Annoying as Autonomous Vehicle Services Expand: https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905963/the-good-bad-and-annoying-as-autonomous-vehicle-services-expand
It’s been almost a year since robotaxi companies Waymo and Cruise expanded their operations to offer fully driverless ride services in San Francisco. Testing human-free vehicles in urban environments has proven challenging, with incidents ranging from gaffs like a driverless car stumped by parade traffic to deep safety concerns that led GM to suspend Cruise’s autonomous operations last fall. After a wave of driverless hype, and criticism – where does the industry stand today? Forum speaks with a research engineer who has been studying the promise of autonomous vehicles for half a century, and an investigative reporter tracking the data and the blindspots of these robots on our roads.