The driverless taxi is almost here

Driverless taxis and shuttles are coming to big cities, without a doubt.

Recently, I got to take a ride in a driverless car in Singapore, which helped convince me of the value of these vehicles. While I'd rate the overall concept of driverless taxis a 9 out of 10, the actual test drive I took merited just a 6.

It deserved a 6 rating mainly because of the reactions made by its collision-avoidance software being developed by Singapore startup nuTonomy. The software apparently over-compensated with a pretty hard braking action when we approached another vehicle that was parked in the other direction on a two-lane roadway and, later, when we got too close to a road crew. (I'm very forgiving about tech tests and pilots, so that 6 rating could easily bump to a 9 or 10 in just a few weeks.)

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