Tag: safety
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EU will require all new cars to be fitted with speed-limiting technology by 2022
A raft of safety technologies that could help reduce injuries on the streets , including speed-limiting systems, will become mandatory in all new European cars. Provisional political arrangement was agreed this week about the proposals, which also include nausea and distraction monitoring, as well as lane-keeping aid. “Many of the new features already exist, in…
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How Uber’s internal safety team handles everything from car crashes to assaults
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Uber is quickly growing its security and evaluation staff in Phoenix, the Financial Times reports. Of those 600 workers, about 65 investigators manage everything from car crashes to assault — and so are tasked with becoming both sides of the story. Drivers have told Business Insider the system is incomplete, which often…
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Uber employees working on self-driving cars feel their cars are safer but their careers are stuck, according to leaked employee survey
Business Insider/Danielle Muoio Each six weeks, Uber conducts an employee survey. Business Insider has witnessed the outcomes of the most recent poll for the 1,100-employee self-driving vehicle unit introduced to employees earlier this past week. Most employees praised the unit’s renewed focus on safety as the company puts its cars back on the public road…