Ducey: Autonomous vehicles are nearly ready for prime time
Doug Ducey · a16z Podcast | Of Governors and Mayors, and Tech Policy · Jan 2, 2019 · at 11:11
Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona, shares his experience riding in test autonomous vehicles operating in Arizona.
0:00 / 0:05exact quote · 5.9s
▶ Watch the full episode on YouTube → 720p mp4 · rendered on demand · StarZero watermark
“I've ridden in three autonomous vehicles, and boy, these things are very close to ready for prime time.”
quote is from the automated transcript, cleaned for reading: filler sounds and stutters are removed, nothing is rephrased. names can be misheard (the analysis reads context, assessments check outside sources). how →
More from Doug Ducey
Ducey: Arizona fired agency head who planned sting against Uber and Lyft
“Our agency head at the Department of Weights and Measures told us that his plan during the Super Bowl was to shut down Uber and Lyft with a sting, and we thought this guy didn't pay much attention to the campaign. So we returned him to the private sector that …”
Ducey: Restrictive regulations in other states drove AV testing to Arizona
“The New York Times front page of the business section recognized that self-driving vehicles were coming to Arizona today. To learn. And that was actually a result of other governors pushing them out and saying, we're going to hit you with permitting fees. We'r…”
Ducey: Bureaucrats default to institutional refusal, requiring leaders to change culture
“Oftentimes, a bureaucrat, they will default to that, so as a leader, you have to change the culture.”