I’m going to admit something here: I’ve never called an Uber. Or summoned an Uber. Used an Uber? Whatever. I’m just old fashioned, I guess. The same cannot be said of Dashawn Cochran, who was recently arrested in Maryland after allegedly robbing a store at gunpoint and escaping via Uber. Very cutting edge! But not successful. It turns out that while Uber drivers are readily available, they’re not highly motivated to try to elude the police. CNET has the story here. In other news: Self-driving Teslas now on the road. Well, sort of self-driving. CNET reports here that most recent Tesla models will receive over-the-air software updates that will enable a variety of autopilot features. Apparently, “[t]he car will automatically stay in a lane, slowing down as necessary to avoid traffic and steering around curves. The vehicle can even change lanes, though only when prompted by the driver hitting the turn signal and when the car detects the way is clear.” The future is upon us. And really, what could go wrong with a software update? Those always work perfectly. Speaking of futuristic vehicles . . . Electric bicycles are becoming a big thing, with 32 million of them sold worldwide last year. Some are pretty fast. As one tour operator said, “it’s darn near driving a moped in the bicycle lane.” Maybe Shea will write a post about when such things cross the line into vehicles that need to be registered, operated with a license, and so on. Yep, CNET [...]
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