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but he admits he should have done is direct communication with the government more openly. one day more — lockdown easing in england will see outdoor hospitality, shops and hairdressers reopen tomorrow. and there are an easing of measures in the other parts of the uk as well. in india, hospitals struggle to cope with the second wave of covid and more than 150,000 new cases in just 2a hours. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. the start of a new working week. with me are faiza shaheen, political commentator and nonresident fellow at new york university, and lizzy burden, uk economy reporter at bloomberg.
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welcome to both of you. lovely to have you with us this sunday evening. let us give an impression of the front pages that are in at the moment. let's start with the i — it says government scientists are urging caution, as england takes another major step out of the national lockdown. the metro leads with sophie, countess of wessex's description of the final moments of prince philip's life — she said it was "gentle" and "very peaceful". the daily mail also leads with the comments of the countess of wessex. according to the financial times, china is considering mixing and matching vaccines, amid doubts over the effectiveness of domesticjabs. and the guardian carries an investigation which suggests young black workers have been hit is personally hard —— disproportionately hard during the pandemic. faiza, let's begin if we can with the front of the daily mail, so
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gentle, like someone took him by the hand and off he went — the first description, really, we have had of the death of the duke, which we are told happened sometime on friday morning. told happened sometime on friday morninu. , , , morning. yes, so these comments today from — morning. yes, so these comments today from the _ morning. yes, so these comments today from the family, _ morning. yes, so these comments today from the family, and - today from the family, and emphasising really the family point of view here and that loss, that so many of us understand and know, and thatis many of us understand and know, and that is really what you want for family members, that they don't suffer at the end, when they are passing, and, really, this article, as others on the front of the pages today, are talking about the family's point of view and the loss they will feel. and again, for a lot of people out there that have lost parents and lost partners, especially in the last year, they will be able to relate to that feeling of loss, despite the age of the prince. it is still a loss to lose a family member. it the prince. it is still a loss to lose a family member.- lose a family member. it is difficult. — lose a family member. it is difficult, isn't _ lose a family member. it is difficult, isn't it, _ lose a family member. it is difficult, isn't it, in- lose a family member. it is difficult, isn't it, in terms. lose a family member. it is| difficult, isn't it, in terms of lose a family member. it is difficult, isn't it, in terms of how we report this, and getting the
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balance right, lizzy? tone is important with any death, but when you talk about death in the year of death and the death of somebody who is very elderly, somebody who has died in a sense at the end of the natural span, died in a sense at the end of the naturalspan, getting died in a sense at the end of the natural span, getting that balance is very difficult for editors of. it is very difficult for editors of. it is. people across the country will be able _ is. people across the country will be able to— is. people across the country will be able to relate to this experience of losing _ be able to relate to this experience of losing a — be able to relate to this experience of losing a loved one, but of course it is important to remember that he is someone — it is important to remember that he is someone come ever and seems to have lost_ is someone come ever and seems to have lost someone in this past year, but he _ have lost someone in this past year, but he really— have lost someone in this past year, but he really was a remarkable figure — but he really was a remarkable figure. all the tributes paid to him relate _ figure. all the tributes paid to him relate make it clear that he was a husband — relate make it clear that he was a husband fit — relate make it clear that he was a husband fit for a queen, he was loving. — husband fit for a queen, he was loving. he — husband fit for a queen, he was loving, he was loyal, he was frank, he was _ loving, he was loyal, he was frank, he was a _ loving, he was loyal, he was frank, he was a good listener, he was the height— he was a good listener, he was the height man — he was a good listener, he was the height man sometimes. he was someone to laugh _ height man sometimes. he was someone to laugh with, so it is a really sad time _ to laugh with, so it is a really sad time for— to laugh with, so it is a really sad time for the — to laugh with, so it is a really sad time for the queen. i think everyone feels _ time for the queen. i think everyone feels for— time for the queen. i think everyone feels for hen — time for the queen. i think everyone feels for her. this is a true love
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story, _ feels for her. this is a true love story, iots— feels for her. this is a true love story, lots of people's reporting the legend that she set out on him at 13 and _ the legend that she set out on him at 13 and never had eyes for anyone else, _ at 13 and never had eyes for anyone else so— at 13 and never had eyes for anyone else, so everyone's hearts will be with the _ else, so everyone's hearts will be with the queen.— with the queen. absolutely. the metro picks _ with the queen. absolutely. the metro picks on _ with the queen. absolutely. the metro picks up on _ with the queen. absolutely. the metro picks up on the _ with the queen. absolutely. the metro picks up on the point - with the queen. absolutely. the l metro picks up on the point you're lizzy, with that picture of sophie, countess of wessex, and prince andrew, duke of york, daughter—in—law & respectively of the queen, a huge void in the queen's life committee quote prince and you gave to journalists today. let's move on from prince philip, because that has dominated papers. the question, lizzy, if you would, on the front of the i, this picture, a florist in cheshire preparing to turn the sign that had been so close for so long opened.— for so long opened. thankfully, we're good _
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for so long opened. thankfully, we're good to _ for so long opened. thankfully, we're good to be _ for so long opened. thankfully, we're good to be entering - for so long opened. thankfully, | we're good to be entering stage for so long opened. thankfully, - we're good to be entering stage two of this— we're good to be entering stage two of this recovery tomorrow, so resurgence in england are going be eased _ resurgence in england are going be eased. nonessential shops, gyms, saions, _ eased. nonessential shops, gyms, salons, pubs, cafes, restaurants open. _ salons, pubs, cafes, restaurants open, although you will have to be seated _ open, although you will have to be seated outside. you will have to wrap _ seated outside. you will have to wrap up — seated outside. you will have to wrap up warm because the forecast says it _ wrap up warm because the forecast says it is _ wrap up warm because the forecast says it is likely to be chilly for the first— says it is likely to be chilly for the first few days of the week, but economist — the first few days of the week, but economist are really expecting people — economist are really expecting people to get out there and spend the savings if they have been lucky enough _ the savings if they have been lucky enough to— the savings if they have been lucky enough to make them during the lockdown — enough to make them during the lockdown. lots of people very excited — lockdown. lots of people very excited for tomorrow.- lockdown. lots of people very excited for tomorrow. faiza, what do ou make excited for tomorrow. faiza, what do you make of — excited for tomorrow. faiza, what do you make of that? _ excited for tomorrow. faiza, what do you make of that? caution _ excited for tomorrow. faiza, what do you make of that? caution urged - excited for tomorrow. faiza, what do you make of that? caution urged asl you make of that? caution urged as the shutters rise. the prime minister has made an advance... lots of goodies around, but starting on in the economy that has been on its uppers for... in the economy that has been on its uppers for- - -—
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uppers for... good luck to the businesses — uppers for... good luck to the businesses of _ uppers for... good luck to the businesses of especially - uppers for... good luck to the businesses of especially the l uppers for... good luck to the - businesses of especially the small businesses... the stats of the businesses... the stats of the business we have lost over the last year despite the government help, it has been a very difficult time, so let us hope when this is open, they are able to prosper, but they will be an inequality in who can spend and you cannot and who will be affected, and i think we look geographically at the different high streets and who has been affected, when you look at which groups can spend and have made some savings, it looks like the pattern we had pre—covid, poor low income groups are going to be struggling, high streets which are beside shutters down are going to struggle to come back, so there are going to be big tasks and had to really address the unique qualities in the country and the impacts of covid. ~ ., ., , ., covid. we will deal with those in a moment. when _ covid. we will deal with those in a moment. when you _ covid. we will deal with those in a moment. when you move - covid. we will deal with those in a moment. when you move on, - covid. we will deal with those in a moment. when you move on, i i covid. we will deal with those in a - moment. when you move on, i should just quote with the prime ministers saying — these are remarks being issued, just been released, actually
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— the message is, behave responsively. he urges everyone to behave responsibly and remember hands, face, space. the essence of this, he is calling it a major step forward and it clearly is, the easing of restrictions in other parts of the uk, particular in wales, where retail is opening up, but it is in essence, the guardian has, be careful. it but it is in essence, the guardian has, be careful.— has, be careful. it is 'ust so precious * has, be careful. it is 'ust so precious and t has, be careful. it isjust so precious and fragile, - has, be careful. it isjust so precious and fragile, the i has, be careful. it isjust so - precious and fragile, the success that had — precious and fragile, the success that had been made with the vaccine roii-out, _ that had been made with the vaccine roll—out, and the government has promised — roll—out, and the government has promised it— roll—out, and the government has promised it would be a one—way road to recovery— promised it would be a one—way road to recovery and just does not want that to _ to recovery and just does not want that to be — to recovery and just does not want that to be compromised, but there is -ood that to be compromised, but there is good news _ that to be compromised, but there is good news in... there is research that— good news in... there is research that shows — good news in... there is research that shows three quarters of the
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opposition could be fully immunised by august, although research from ucl says _ by august, although research from ucl says vaccination and test infection. _ ucl says vaccination and test infection, we could have heard of unity— infection, we could have heard of unity by— infection, we could have heard of unity by 5&5 tomorrow, so there is good _ unity by 5&5 tomorrow, so there is good news —— herd immunity by tomorrow — good news —— herd immunity by tomorrow. but caution. good news -- herd immunity by tomorrow. but caution.- good news -- herd immunity by tomorrow. but caution. faiza, i 'ust drawauentronfi tomorrow. but caution. faiza, i 'ust draw attention to i tomorrow. but caution. faiza, i 'ust draw attention to the i tomorrow. but caution. faiza, i 'ust draw attention to the top �* tomorrow. but caution. faiza, i 'ust draw attention to the top of i tomorrow. but caution. faiza, i 'ust draw attention to the top of the]. draw attention to the top of the guardian as well, not a story with vertically focused on, but an interesting point you are making, a survey research the guardian has looked at, young black workers hit three times as high among young black people as it is among young white workers.— black people as it is among young white workers. yes, so there are all of these inequalities _ white workers. yes, so there are all of these inequalities that _ white workers. yes, so there are all of these inequalities that are - of these inequalities that are emerging, and i said. and young eo - le in emerging, and i said. and young people in general— emerging, and i said. and young people in general have _ emerging, and i said. and young people in general have been - emerging, and i said. and young | people in general have been more likely to use theirjobs, and a black young people have had an added dimension there, and it is partly because where people are working as
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well for hospitality, zero—hour contracts — those are the jobs that have been much more insecure in their nature. and again, if we're going to learn anything for the past year and rebuild in going to learn anything for the past yearand rebuild in a going to learn anything for the past year and rebuild in a way that protects different groups, learn lessons, we have to look carefully at who has been affected and why and seek to address some of those root causes. , ., . seek to address some of those root causes. , ., , _ causes. lizzy, i am interested by the front of— causes. lizzy, i am interested by the front of the _ causes. lizzy, i am interested by the front of the ft, _ causes. lizzy, i am interested by the front of the ft, which - causes. lizzy, i am interested by the front of the ft, which has . causes. lizzy, i am interested by the front of the ft, which has an j the front of the ft, which has an image of a lovely pub, saying, not long now, presumably photographed today with 2a hours to go before opening, but the challenge for hospitality in england of a never mind in the rest of the uk, is still pretty significant, isn't it? yes, they are getting outdoor spaces, they are getting outdoor spaces, they hope it will get outdoor spaces —— indoor spaces, they hope it will get outdoor spaces —— indoorspaces, but they hope it will get outdoor spaces —— indoor spaces, but only by the middle of may, the rule of six still applies and they are facing this uncertainty of having some kind of system of checking whether they can
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have people in or not, depending on the vaccination status.— the vaccination status. yeah, it uts a the vaccination status. yeah, it puts a lot _ the vaccination status. yeah, it puts a lot of — the vaccination status. yeah, it puts a lot of pressure - the vaccination status. yeah, it puts a lot of pressure on - the vaccination status. yeah, it puts a lot of pressure on the i the vaccination status. yeah, it. puts a lot of pressure on the staff, who are _ puts a lot of pressure on the staff, who are on — puts a lot of pressure on the staff, who are on the front line now. exposed _ who are on the front line now. exposed i_ who are on the front line now. exposed. i rememberthe last who are on the front line now. exposed. i remember the last time the restrictions were lifted and there _ the restrictions were lifted and there were one—way systems and you had to— there were one—way systems and you had to sanitise, publicans are going to be _ had to sanitise, publicans are going to be excited to get opened, but they are — to be excited to get opened, but they are also going to make sure people _ they are also going to make sure people are — they are also going to make sure people are comfortable enough to sit in their— people are comfortable enough to sit in their beer garden. it is a delicate _ in their beer garden. it is a delicate balance.— in their beer garden. it is a delicate balance. yeah, it is. faiza, delicate balance. yeah, it is. faiza. let's _ delicate balance. yeah, it is. faiza, let's look _ delicate balance. yeah, it is. faiza, let's look at _ delicate balance. yeah, it is. faiza, let's look at the - delicate balance. yeah, it is. faiza, let's look at the next | delicate balance. yeah, it is. - faiza, let's look at the next story on the ft tomorrow, and this is an interesting one. as potentially whirring implication for all of us, in terms of vaccination, it is that great unknown with new variants. china potentially mixing and matching vaccines. what is at the heart of this?— matching vaccines. what is at the heart of this? china has their own home-grown _ heart of this? china has their own home-grown vaccines _ heart of this? china has their own home-grown vaccines and - heart of this? china has their own home-grown vaccines and they i heart of this? china has their own i home-grown vaccines and they have home—grown vaccines and they have been lots of questions about the efficacy of those vaccines, because, unlike other countries and
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pharmaceutical companies in the west, they have not produced the results for the third trial, so there has been a question about how effective these really are, and now china is coming out and say they might have to mix these vaccines. the problem here, of course, is that they have given a lot of these vaccines to all the sorts of countries around the world, from brazil and serbia and pakistan, and so if these vaccines actually are not that effective, what does that mean for those countries? and what next level of vaccine that needs to come in and be supplied all around the world? this also speaks to what is happening on the vaccine diplomacy side. china and russia have been using the vaccines they have been using the vaccines they have to gain influence in parts of the world, but if, as it looks come if the vaccine is not as effective as the other ones, like the pfizer vaccine, for instance, what does that mean, how much space does that
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give for new variants to come up in different parts of the world? and again about the transparency of china, and letting us know about their vaccine.— their vaccine. yeah, and it is interesting. _ their vaccine. yeah, and it is interesting, isn't _ their vaccine. yeah, and it is interesting, isn't it, - their vaccine. yeah, and it is interesting, isn't it, lizzy, i their vaccine. yeah, and it is interesting, isn't it, lizzy, in this that chile is one of the countries that relied on this? on of 20 —— one of 20 countries relying on the chinese vaccine. the research that has been done into the effectiveness of chile's vaccination programme found that after one jab, people had only 3% protection, though that rises to 56% protection with two shots. that is a long way short of the 80 or 90% that the main vaccines have been achieving. short of the 80 or 9096 that the main vaccines have been achieving.- vaccines have been achieving. yeah, and we know — vaccines have been achieving. yeah, and we know chile _ vaccines have been achieving. yeah, and we know chile is _ vaccines have been achieving. yeah, and we know chile is one _ vaccines have been achieving. yeah, and we know chile is one of- vaccines have been achieving. yeah, and we know chile is one of those i and we know chile is one of those countries — and we know chile is one of those countries that could, as faiza said, have _ countries that could, as faiza said, have a _ countries that could, as faiza said, have a knock— countries that could, as faiza said, have a knock on effect if china changes — have a knock on effect if china changes what it is going to do with its own— changes what it is going to do with its own vaccine supply and chile is in the _ its own vaccine supply and chile is in the middle of yet another covid wave _ in the middle of yet another covid wave from — in the middle of yet another covid wave from these new variants. it is
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interesting — wave from these new variants. it is interesting as well that the social media _ interesting as well that the social media posts from the chinese cdc were _ media posts from the chinese cdc were quickly censored when these concerns — were quickly censored when these concerns came out about the efficacy of the _ concerns came out about the efficacy of the jab. _ concerns came out about the efficacy of the jab, so revealing the concerns _ of the jab, so revealing the concerns was unusual, but the fact they were — concerns was unusual, but the fact they were censored was perhaps more expected _ they were censored was perhaps more exected. ~ , , ., , expected. absolutely. lets and this review for this _ expected. absolutely. lets and this review for this hour, _ expected. absolutely. lets and this review for this hour, and _ expected. absolutely. lets and this review for this hour, and we - expected. absolutely. lets and this review for this hour, and we are - review for this hour, and we are august the back with more in our�*s time, the admission from david cameron, though he does not think he did something wrong on behalf of his employer greensill, because he was former prime minister, he should've done it in a different way. yes. former prime minister, he should've done it in a different way.— done it in a different way. yes, and --eole done it in a different way. yes, and people will— done it in a different way. yes, and people will say _ done it in a different way. yes, and people will say this _ done it in a different way. yes, and people will say this has _ done it in a different way. yes, and people will say this has been - done it in a different way. yes, and people will say this has been long i people will say this has been long awaited and not enough from expert minister david cameron. —— x prime minister. we know key individuals and key corporate individuals can
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have an undue influence, and what this story shows is here is a former prime minister texting the current chancellor, asking for favours, essentially, for this company. in the end here, greensill did not get that money, but cameron himself would have gained money had they been bailed out by the government, and it does really raise questions about the transparency of how these conversations happen between those in powerful influential positions that perhaps have known each other, been friends, for a long time, and interesting cameron himself admitted speech about this back in 2010, saying that he wanted to address this sort of issue, which is ultimately an issue of corruption, but here we are with him himself being caught in this scandal. yeah, we will leave _ being caught in this scandal. yeah, we will leave it _ being caught in this scandal. yeah, we will leave it there. _ being caught in this scandal. yeah, we will leave it there. faiza, - being caught in this scandal. yeah, we will leave it there. faiza, you i we will leave it there. faiza, you made no secret you were a former labour parliamentary candidate, but they couldn't schism you are raising is one made by people of all
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political sides, and cameron himself acknowledging, with hindsight, a former minister, i know key medications with government need to be done through only the most transparent and, if i can only read the words now to the most formal of channels. faiza and lizzy, thank you very much. we will talk to you again in about an hour's time, hopefully more front pages blood coming by then. thank you very much for that. coming up next, the weather and more news from me at the top of the hour, but before that, it is click. it's the hardest problem in technology, and one that could change everything. this week, we're in arizona, the self—driving capital of the world, to ride in the latest robotic vehicles, meet the people who are not
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happy to see them... what am i going to do then? stand in line for food? ..and to find out what happens when the tech goes wrong. when california told uber that there were going to be some new regulations they needed to adhere to, governor ducey in a public announcement said... california may not want you, we want you to know that arizona does. we are a state that
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is open for business. welcomes business and new people and technology. 0ur governor, governor ducey, - had basically opened wide the arms of our state to welcome them| there and it was a no—brainer. chandler is a hub where autonomousl vehicles are growing and having more miles mapped on our roads than any place else in the galaxy. _ it's kind great to bel in the centre of that. chandler, i believe, was chosen because it has very wide streets, it's very clean streets, they're on a grid. and the people would be very accepting of this kind of technology. and so it was that the technology that will one day change our society, our landscape and our lives, found a home in arizona.
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the makers of self—driving cars have flocked to the town of chandler, which has fast become the industry's test—bed. today, i'm taking a ride on one of the most prolific types of self—driving cars here made by google's subsidiary, waymo. now, self—driving cars come kitted with loads of sensors so they can see in every direction and sometimes in ways that we can't with our eyes. on top, we've got loads of normal cameras looking in every direction. and the fact that there's loads of them means they can judge distances by seeing how different objects move in relation to each other. there's also radar, four of those, one on each corner, and these spinning things — these are the really interesting things — these are lidar sensors. there are five around and a big one in the black bump on the top, which can see three football pitches ahead and behind. right, let's go for a ride. we have our safety driver.
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and away we go. please remember to. buckle your seat belt. we've just pulled out in front of quite a fast moving car there. we made it. i'd call that quite a human manoeuvre. companies like waymo are experimenting whether their technology can avoid hitting you. i mean, that's the experiment. when you go out on the streets here, or when you cross at a crosswalk, and there is a waymo, waymo is actively testing whether or not its cars can avoid an accident and avoid an accident with you if you happen to be on the roads. and some people also are clearly offended by that notion. in fact, some residents have reacted very strongly indeed. reporter: check out this video - we found on youtube showing a man attacking a self—driving car. you know, there's hundreds of thousands of people that see
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these cars on the road everyday, but there have been some folks who really don't like them and have either tried to run them off the road with their own cars or thrown rocks at them. one man drew a gun and aimed it at the safety driver as the car passed by his driveway. so some people really have a problem with this amount of technology sharing the roads with them and kind of cruising through their neighbourhoods at all hours of the day. in chandler, there is the same mix of excitement and concern about self—driving cars that we have seen everywhere. the difference is, for these people, it's happening right in front of them, right now. it's big money, saying, "hey, i listen, this is cool, this is new, i'm sure you would like this," because you see it _ and it's fascinating. but at the same time, - you're costing people theirjobs and people who are taking care i of their families, but you'd rather see something cool and be in this new age rather than still| care about the people that, actually, this affects. - and we're lost if you |
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think like that, man. you are lost. i absolutely would go into a self—driving vehicle. i mean, i think that it's such a cool experience. this is something you would see on tv when you were a kid and old �*90s movies of self—driving cars, and the fact that it's actually here and at our fingertips, i think it's incredible. lyft drivers are going to lose theirjobs, cab drivers will lose theirjobs. and not only will they lose theirjobs, i promise you, they're going to try to figure out a way to make machines create these cars, so they're not even going to let humans create the cars. like, do i trust... ..trust a machine with| my children's lives...? i don't know, that's... i don't know if- i could do that or not. and last year, the fears of the community became a reality. a self—driving uber vehicle failed to detect her crossing
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an empty road at night, and the safety driver failed to hit the brakes. it was the first case of a pedestrian being killed by a self—driving car. the uber was, the vehicle was a volvo... again, it was a self—driving vehicle. it was in the autonomous mode at the time. and our investigation did not show, at this time, that there was significant signs of the vehicle slowing down. the uber vehicle hit elaine herzberg at 38 miles an hour. this was a huge moment for the burgeoning industry, which led to uber having to immediately halt their self—driving programme. so what exactly happened? and whose fault was it? we went to the site of the crash in tempe, arizona with the news editor of the phoenix new times, ray stern, to find out more about the incident. ok, it's on the other side.
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she took her bike from this area, walked across this lane, and then entered this lane. the uber vehicle was in this lane. and itjust kept staying in this lane, even though the pedestrian is here. it should have swerved. it had time and place to swerve, but it didn't. so before she made it to the sidewalk, it impacted her. i absolutely would have seen elaine as she started to cross the road, and i would have absolutely braked for her. most reasonable drivers would have. in fact, any driver who was paying attention would have not hit elaine herzberg. in order to entice uber and other companies into arizona, governor ducey had relaxed regulations, which meant companies faced no requirement to disclose anything about their programmes, including crashes. basically, the governor invited uber in. that was one problem. they were operating here without any real transparency, in terms of what they were actually doing, when the vehicles were in autonomous mode, what their criteria were for it.
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and then... so, the vehicles were doing anything they wanted and uber had free reign. tempe police called the crash "entirely avoidable", after investigations found that the safety driver was watching television on her phone at the time of the fatal incident. miss vasquez could still face charges of vehicular manslaughter. she looked down, they estimate, 160 times during the circuit that she was doing. the evidence showed that she was streaming the view, which is a tv show, on her phone at the exact time of the impact. so what exactly went wrong with uber�*s self—driving technology on that night? it can't really be to do with poor visibility, can it? one of the messed up things about this whole accident has been the video that was released by uber after the accident. and if you've seen this video, it looks like the street is very dark, and then at the last second, the woman on the bike suddenly
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pops out of the darkness right before the impact. in fact, this area is not as dark as that video shows. this drive—through at night follows the same route as the uber vehicle. it shows that the street lighting makes the road clearly visible, far into the distance. the new york times reported that uber were not living up to expectations before the crash. as of march 2018, uber were struggling to meet their target of 13 miles per intervention in arizona. as a comparison, gm—owned cruise reported to california regulators that they went more than 1,200 miles per intervention, and waymo said that their california test cars went on average of nearly 5,600 miles before driver intervention. reports said that the uber vehicle actually detected elaine herzberg six seconds before the crash, but the perception system got confused, classifying her as first an unknown object,
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then as a vehicle, and finally as a bicycle. those volvos came from the factory with an accident avoidance system, one of these new set autonomous features that a lot one of these new semi—autonomous features that a lot of the new cars have. 1.3 seconds before impact, the self—driving system realised emergency braking was needed. however, uber had disabled the emergency braking system on the volvo to prevent conflict with the self—driving system. nevertheless, prosecutors have determined that uber were not criminally liable in the death. if uber hadn't have disabled that technology, then potentially the vehicle would have detected the pedestrian, even without the uber autonomous technology, just with the volvo technology, and stopped the vehicle. but uber disconnected that, because apparently the vehicle was being a little too jerky in its motions, and it did notjive correctly with the autonomous vehicle system that uber
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had in there. a safety driver supervising an imperfect system should ensure its overall safety. however, that only works if they're paying attention. with self—driving cars being tested live on busy streets, accidents are inevitable, so this may not be the last incident that we see on the road to a driverless future. but the number of accidents involving self—driving cars is very low for the millions of miles of testing that have taken place. here in arizona, i have seen the benefits of — and the resistance to — the idea of the machines taking over another part of our lives. so i think the question is not if, or when, this will happen. but will we let it?
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hello there. it looks a bit dry for many of us on monday, a lot of the wintry showers are fading away, but it is going to start cold, a widespread frost, maybe some icy patches too stop some damp weather moving across northern ireland, heading into wales and the southwest. that could drink a bit of sleet and snow in there as well. should not last long, but it is heading into southern england, the cloud breaks up, and we are left with a few showers. mostly the showers a few showers. mostly the showers, to western parts of northern... not many showers around. a better day than it was on sunday with some sunshine, and as a result temperatures could be a couple of
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degrees higher. still cold, mind you, and frosty again on tuesday morning. plenty of sunshine, across some western areas we could catch one or two showers into the afternoon, but further east it is likely to stay fine and dry stuff temperatures still below average for the time of year, but more of the country will see temperatures just in double figures.
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