In March 2017, I encouraged everyone to #deleteUBER.

…and I still think you should, like yesterday.

Earlier today, the Guardian (looming paywall) published an article exposing the cozy relationship between Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and UBER. Oh, right, let’s not forget UBER’s technology killed a pedestrian in Arizona last week!

According to the New York Times, Uber’s human drivers had to intervene far more frequently than those working for its rivals. It reported that Waymo, Google’s self-driving car spinoff, said that in tests on roads in California last year, its cars went an average of nearly 5,600 miles before the driver had to seize control of its vehicles. As of March, Uber was struggling to meet its target of 13 miles per “intervention” in Arizona, according to the Times.

I dug up the New York Times article (paywall) referenced by the Guardian, and learned:

Uber has been testing its self-driving cars in a regulatory vacuum in Arizona.

Well, that was the case until Monday, when the New York Times (paywall) reported the beleaguered Republican governor of Arizona grew a spine and issued a state-wide suspension on UBER’s, (but not Waymo’s or GM’s), autonomous car program, because, after all, “…Arizona is open for business.”

Hey cowboys and cowgirls, how ’bout ginnin’ up a recall out there, huh? ;-)

A .PDF version of today’s poster is available here.

Update: Hmmmm… Was the collision-avoidance technology simply turned off?