A friend just got back from Scottsdale, AZ and said they called for an Uber to take them some place and the car showed up without a driver. They got in and it took them to where they wanted to go and there was no voice recording or anything confirming their destination they just trusted it and it worked just fine. I knew this was coming but I'm thinking I might want to wait a while longer to see that the driverless vehicles have a proven safety record. With Uber you may not have a choice because my friend didn't know she wasn't getting a human to drive her.
Would you ride in a driverless Uber?
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I'd rather get a piggyback ride from an Uberless driver.
THE PILGRIM
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Arnold had a ride with a Robot Driver in Total Recall.
I don't think he tipped the Robot.
I don't think he tipped the Robot.
Two words....
Two words:
Hell, no.
Two words:
Hell, no.
Not just No, but HECK NO!
I would do it if only for the gawking motorists and pedestrians along the way.
Imagine riding in the back with a pillowcase over your head. Good times.
Imagine riding in the back with a pillowcase over your head. Good times.
Puller
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Most of the Uber rides I've been on seemed driverless.
Nope. Nope. Nope! If I want to ride in a driverless car, I can always ride with my old buddy Ross.
I would. If you think about it, you don't really know the "Uber" driver anyways, so a big gamble there. For that matter, you get on a plane..who knows who is piloting it..if anyone. Machines I trust..humans..not so much.
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Cue update to the old spiritual: "Somethimes I Feel Like a a Driverless Car" 
I think I'd find it a bit freaky. Can you talk to "it" if it gets lost or misdirected? Like checkouts at the store, I prefer the human element. And given how easy it is to hack into cars and steal them, I can see the possibility of hijacking an Uber + passenger.
I guess you could shoot it if it ran amok, but that would risk starting a thread about "the best caliber for a Uber", and we really don't want to go there, do we?
I think I'd find it a bit freaky. Can you talk to "it" if it gets lost or misdirected? Like checkouts at the store, I prefer the human element. And given how easy it is to hack into cars and steal them, I can see the possibility of hijacking an Uber + passenger.
I guess you could shoot it if it ran amok, but that would risk starting a thread about "the best caliber for a Uber", and we really don't want to go there, do we?
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There's no guarantee that a typical Uber driver is any safer, but I'll wait until the technology matures a little more. However, computers don't have mouths to feed or student loan payments, so no tip required. 
I wouldn't get in a Uber vehicle to start with, let alone a driverless one.
Sure. No problem. (Life in the fast lane, as always!)
)Who in their right mind would do this?..........NO NO NO not ever!
