Rumor
Rumors can have many emotions attached to them hurting many in the path of the rumor because rumors get around so fast now. In Tempe, Arizona and across the country numerous rumors of the deadly crash that involve the self-driving Uber vehicle raises. Why didn't the car brake? Why did the back up driver not brake the car? Why did the lady step out knowing a car was coming? So many questions for so many rumors to circulate. Smith states "This is strongly suggestive of multiple failures of Uber and its system, and its safety driver." (Snopes 2018)
In Tempe, Arizona a deadly collision of a women that was crossing the road in a dark area was struck by a self-driving Uber with a human backup driver behind the wheel. Experts say that the self-driving Uber vehicle radar sensors should have spotted a pedestrian and computers should have braked the car to avoid the crash. The crash happened Sunday, when the car struck Elainen Herzberg. The Uber's human backup driver appear to be looking down before the crash happened and startled when the impact happened. Sam Abuelsmaid states "The laser and radar systems can see in the dark much better than humans or cameras and that the pedestrian was well within the system's range." (Snopes 2018) Experts says that the computer should have been able to detect the pedestrian and brake and the backup driver was relying to much on the self driving car.
This can be classified as Bogie rumor a rumor that is essentially derived from fears and anxieties, identified as panic rumor when it was discovered that the self driving Uber vehicle was in a deadly crash, but had a backup driver behind the wheel. Also, the Wedge-driving aggression rumor the is essential motivation is aggression or hatred. Many people have strong disagreement with the situation with the back up driver and the self-driving car that lead to the driver may have a criminal background.
The rumor touches on basic anxieties as in death because it was a fetal accident . Also, it was a disaster because this was the first self-driving vehicle crash and was suppose to be more convenient to the road because ninety four percent of crashes are from human error.
This does fit the qualities of a good rumor that Knapp outlines as in because in the good rumor outline in this situation the rumor have many public opinion and interest.
The self-driving Uber was immediately suspended from all road testing in many areas. And many questioned Uber whether they do enough screening of their drivers.
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/03/22/experts-uber-suvs-autonomous-system-seen-woman/
In Tempe, Arizona a deadly collision of a women that was crossing the road in a dark area was struck by a self-driving Uber with a human backup driver behind the wheel. Experts say that the self-driving Uber vehicle radar sensors should have spotted a pedestrian and computers should have braked the car to avoid the crash. The crash happened Sunday, when the car struck Elainen Herzberg. The Uber's human backup driver appear to be looking down before the crash happened and startled when the impact happened. Sam Abuelsmaid states "The laser and radar systems can see in the dark much better than humans or cameras and that the pedestrian was well within the system's range." (Snopes 2018) Experts says that the computer should have been able to detect the pedestrian and brake and the backup driver was relying to much on the self driving car.
This can be classified as Bogie rumor a rumor that is essentially derived from fears and anxieties, identified as panic rumor when it was discovered that the self driving Uber vehicle was in a deadly crash, but had a backup driver behind the wheel. Also, the Wedge-driving aggression rumor the is essential motivation is aggression or hatred. Many people have strong disagreement with the situation with the back up driver and the self-driving car that lead to the driver may have a criminal background.
The rumor touches on basic anxieties as in death because it was a fetal accident . Also, it was a disaster because this was the first self-driving vehicle crash and was suppose to be more convenient to the road because ninety four percent of crashes are from human error.
This does fit the qualities of a good rumor that Knapp outlines as in because in the good rumor outline in this situation the rumor have many public opinion and interest.
The self-driving Uber was immediately suspended from all road testing in many areas. And many questioned Uber whether they do enough screening of their drivers.
https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/03/22/experts-uber-suvs-autonomous-system-seen-woman/
To me I don’t think enough testing has been done on self driving cars. Also the so called back drivers are not paying attention because they know the car is driving it self. For the lady that was hit, it was her fault to step out in front of an oncoming car and she was not in crosswalk either.
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