Reply to post: Re: "emergency braking switched off by design"

Uber robo-ride's deadly crash: Self-driving car had emergency braking switched off by design

diodesign (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge

Re: "emergency braking switched off by design"

"IT HAD TO BE TURNED OFF"

Disagree. Volvos ship with EB enabled, for humans. Uber could have designed its software to work with Volvo's emergency system, but it didn't. EB was disabled, and the software wasn't good enough to avoid someone crossing the road.

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