Wiedenmeier continued: “I told staff from Uber’s policy and engineering teams about the safety hazards of their autonomous vehicle technology. He said that on two occasions the car “took an unsafe right-hook-style turn through a bike lane.” He added that such a turn, which he described as “dangerous and illegal,” is known to be “one of the primary causes of collisions between cars and people who bike resulting in serious injury or fatality.” In a recent blog post, Wiedenmeier said he took a ride in one of Uber’s test vehicles in a demonstration of the car’s technology shortly before its San Francisco launch. Whether that’s enough to calm the nerves of cyclists in the city remains to be seen, though Brian Wiedenmeier, executive chairman of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, is clearly still concerned. An Uber spokesperson this week confirmed to the Guardian that “engineers are continuing to work on the problem,” adding that on-board technicians have been told to take control of the vehicle when approaching a right turn on a road with a bike lane.
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