Not exact matches
While the technology has been around for some
time now, according to Howard, «the insights brands can derive from listening have more recently been recognized as a
driver of strategic decisions.»
Next
time you order take out, take a moment to register the delivery
driver — they could just be kind
of a big deal.
And the San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys have asserted that Uber's background check processes could not have uncovered the criminal records
of the 25
drivers in question, in part because the process doesn't use biometric identifiers like fingerprinting, according to the New York
Times.
Most
of the
time other
drivers will excuse just about anything if you admit you goofed up.
Both companies claim relatively large percentages
of drivers are part -
time: Lyft says 80 percent
of theirs drive 15 hours or less, while Uber says 60 percent
of their drive 10 hours or less.
Joe Seiner, a professor at the University
of South Carolina School
of Law, recently told me he believes certifying Uber
drivers as a class ignores the different «economic realities» that affect
drivers who approach Uber as a full -
time job or career and those who use it for occasional income supplementation.
Recode obtained documents that show Uber's self - driving cars require the human standby
driver to take control an average 10
times for every 8 miles
of driving.
«Smart robotics are going to be a key
driver of the next stage
of the information revolution,» said SoftBank chair Masayoshi Son at the
time.
«And what are the most important
drivers of that from tonight's presentation, because it's not really clear to me the
timing or the contribution.»
Its profits and stock took a hit in 2016 and 2017, due to write - offs from a poorly
timed earlier bet: Signature had become a major financier
of permits for New York taxi
drivers, just in
time for the Uber era.
Police will be monitoring impact
of the fake girl on traffic; she was designed to jolt
drivers into paying attention but give those travelling at the street's recommended 30 kilometres per hour enough
time to stop.
The Democratic former Secretary
of State worries about ride - sharing service
drivers making ends meet, but also praises the company for «creating exciting opportunities,» the
Times reported.
At a twice - monthly team meeting, staffers share stories
of great
driver - passenger interactions from the past week — say, the
time one brought the other a sandwich because he texted he hadn't eaten all day.
«These hires join our leadership team at an exciting
time and we believe they will be strategic
drivers of DSC's continuing success.»
QNX, which made more than 60 %
of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to
drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many
of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed
drivers real -
time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points
of interest supplied by Google.
The incident raised questions about the safety
of systems that can perform driving tasks for extended stretches
of time with little or no human intervention, but which can not completely replace human
drivers.
And don't forget that at the level
of racing where we compete, our team is often the first
time where young
drivers get an opportunity to race in front
of the big teams on the big tracks.
In its findings on Tuesday, the NTSB said the self - driving system's «operational design» was a contributing factor to the 2016 crash because it allows
drivers to avoid steering or watching the road for lengthy periods
of time that were «inconsistent» with warnings from Tesla.
Autopilot issues visual and audio alerts if the
driver's hands leave the steering wheel for a period
of time.
This
time it's Jimmie Johnson,
driver of the # 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and winner
of seven Nascar championships.
Customers will be able to call cars with a special app at any
time of day, and each vehicle will have a safety
driver behind the wheel.
The
Times also reported that Uber has «experimented with video game techniques, graphics and non-cash rewards
of little value that can prod
drivers into working longer and harder — and sometimes at hours and locations that are less lucrative for them.»
With «robo - taxis» being tested without
drivers in cities around the world, you knew it would only be a matter
of time until someone suggested a commercial airplane could fly without a pilot.
There was the death
of a Tesla
driver in May who had been using the autopilot mode at the
time, prompting questions about the safety
of the software, the explosion
of a SpaceX rocket in September that also destroyed a satellite from the Mark Zuckerberg - led nonprofit Internet.org, and SolarCity's continuous habit
of bleeding money.
Free law advice: A
driver once told me a story about how he had a high - priced lawyer in the back
of his car during a
time when he was going through a legal issue.
Bruno Monteyne, an analyst with Bernstein, said in a note to clients: «Local competition, within 10 to 15 minutes» drive
time, remains the key
driver of store disposals.
The Department
of Justice has started a criminal investigation into Uber's software called Greyball, a technology that helped
drivers evade local regulators, a person familiar with the investigation told The New York
Times.
Witnesses
of the Florida crash have reported the Tesla
driver who died was watching a film from the Harry Potter series at the
time of the accident, a detail that would seem to further bolster perceptions that
drivers are placing excessive trust in an untested feature.
says Wayne Crowder
of FedEx Freight in Louisville, a three -
time National Truck Driving Championship
driver with a 35 - year professional driving career.
While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the
driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods
of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority
of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.
It includes charges
of widespread sexual harassment, a video
of CEO Travis Kalanick berating an Uber
driver for making some reasonable statements, and a New York
Times report about Uber using phone apps and data to avoid authorities and sting actions.
In some instances, passengers are getting charged double the actual
time and distance for a normal ride, yet
drivers are receiving only about half
of the amount the passenger pays while Uber is pocketing the difference,» he writes in a post about the occurrence.
While it noted that the
driver had
time and unobstructed view
of the divider before the crash, it didn't mention what action the automated systems took at the
time.
«Upfront fares are calculated using the expected
time and distance
of the trip and local traffic, as well as how many riders and nearby
drivers are using Uber at that moment.
The most important CEO motivator isn't money, Barton suggests, but the fear
of messing up, and boards would be smart to spend more
time studying non-monetary
drivers of executive behaviour.
The online retailer is testing all manner
of methods to speed up shopping, from aerial drones to one - push «Dash» buttons that place instantaneous orders to hiring part -
time drivers to make Uber - like deliveries.
It did not name the
driver, identified by ABC 7 News as Apple engineer and former EA programmer Walter Huang, while confirming that its Autopilot feature was engaged at the
time of the crash.
She was known for being brash and outspoken, described in the pages
of TIME as «truculent and courageous,» with a New York City accent Norman Mailer said «could boil the fat off a taxi
driver's neck.»
Some had a hard
time getting there — New York City cab
drivers had chosen to suspend their service in protest
of the ban, while the subway service was being monitored by the NYPD.
And dispatchers get access to more than just mapped - location data: FMS's sensors can measure vehicle speed and battery voltage, as well as the length
of time a
driver spends at a location.
In general, 43 %
of Thumbtack's full -
time pros earned $ 50,000 each year (For reference, Uber
drivers make anywhere from $ 10.75 to to $ 13.17 per hou r.
Uber's notification regarding surge pricing went out at 7:36 Eastern
Time, after the end
of the taxi
drivers» announced work stoppage.
A third Uber Help - er was reported as telling a customer that engineers were working on the company's software to improve the real -
time view
of available
drivers.
At least a handful
of times, Uber
drivers have been accused
of taking riders on «rides
of hell,» some
of which could be classified as outright abductions.
In 2015, the company's test
drivers disengaged — a jargon term that means they had to take manual control
of the vehicle because the software failed or for safety reasons — at a rate
of 0.8
times per 1,000 miles in California.
Drivers yell at pedestrians all
of the
time.
The data from the Prius dashboard gives
drivers real -
time feedback on their fuel consumption, which leads to a series
of behavioral micro-adjustments in how they drive — a little less pedal to the metal at the traffic light, a little more coasting on the downhill.
Speaking
of side hustling, New York
Times bestselling author Chris Guillebeau says that you should focus on what makes you special as a
driver.
March 30: Tesla releases a second blog post late on Friday night that acknowledges its
driver - assistance software, Autopilot, had been engaged at the
time of the crash.
Though Cisneros didn't indicate a specific reason why now,
of all
times, the city is cracking down on license - free
drivers, San Francisco did finally get an online business registration system operational last month.