[yonran]

> Jackie Fielder, a progressive San Francisco supervisor who represents the Mission District, has been among the most vocal critics. She introduced a city resolution after Kit Kat’s death that calls for the state Legislature to let voters decide if driverless cars can operate where they live. (Currently, the state regulates autonomous vehicles in California.)

If this had anything to do with safety, this so-called “Progressive” supervisor Jackie Fielder would be investigating what safety features would be feasible on Waymos: emergency stop switches or stop commands, under car cameras, questioning whether the Waymo detected the cat and then just forgot about it when it walked under the car, etc.

Instead, she is using this to secure territory for obviously less safe Uber and Lyft drivers who are represented by the Teamsters. Such a cynical politician.

[circuit10]

When a plane crashes no one says “let’s let people decide if planes should be allowed to fly over their houses”, we say “let’s figure out exactly what went wrong and how to make sure it never happens again” and that’s probably why aviation is one of the safest modes of transportation

[iancmceachern]

We do actually.

There are planes that are certified to fly over populated areas, and those that are not.

[m463]

cause: management after boeing merger.

Boeing management had been described as Boy Scouts, whereas the McDonnell Douglas managers were Hunter-Killer Assassins...

https://newrepublic.com/article/154944/boeing-737-max-invest...

[ivape]

So what we can infer here is that if Waymo ever kills a person, it’s basically over for them in SF. Your plane analogy is apt, because for us to “get there” with autonomous cars, where it’s anywhere and everywhere, we’ll have to be willing to basically die to some degree. Just like in planes.

It would childish not to come to terms with that.

[tehjoker]

That's true but there's also a separate element here which is there is an obvious need for aviation and not an obvious need for autonomous vehicles.

[terminalshort]

Progressives always defend legacy obsolete businesses against competition. They tried to stop Uber and Lyft from replacing cabs and now they do the same with Waymo.

[lysace]

Non-US perspective: ”Progressive” and ”conservative” labels don’t make much sense to me these days.

Perhaps you need another way of thinking about these things.

[archagon]

Begging the question. Regular cars are not "legacy" or "obsolete," and self-driving cars do not yet have a proven track record.