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E xperts Say: Self-Driving Test Cars Should Be Treated Like Inexperienced Teen Drivers. As companies test self-driving vehicles in the real world, these tons of steel guided by cameras and sensors and software should be treated more like nervous teen drivers prone to mistakes than the sophisticated technological marvels many imagine them to be, several experts told Consumer Reports. Since an Uber self-driving test vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian last week in Tempe, Ariz., CR has interviewed multiple experts to ask about the safety of test vehicles. They say the software behind pedestrian detection technology for Uber and other companies might not be advanced enough for public roads—even with so-called safety drivers monitoring the systems. Photo via CR: AV  "We think about these technologies as being highly intelligent. They’re not," says Bryan Reimer, Ph.D., associate director of the New England University Transportation Center at MIT. "What are machines d...

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