Internal Metrics Show How Often Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Need Human Help

Human drivers were forced to take control of Uber’s self driving cars about once per mile driven in early March during testing in Arizona, according to an internal performance report obtained by BuzzFeed News. The report reveals for the first time how Uber’s self-driving car program is performing, using a key metric for evaluating progress toward fully autonomous vehicles.

Human drivers take manual control of autonomous vehicles during testing for a number of reasons, for example, to address a technical issue or avoid a traffic violation or collision. The self-driving car

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