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Author Patrick McGinty keeps self-driving cars alive in science fiction

Shift: A podcast about mobility

CHAPTER

Is Raphael Vasquez Responsible?

There's a lot of details in the novel that appear to be based on the Uber self driving crash in Tempe. Do you have some sympathy for Raphael Vasquez, the Uber driver who's been charged criminally with regards to that Uber crash? I certainly have, I certainly have sympathy on that level. As far as like, am I culling from people, you know, people ask all the time, is this connected to this? Is this based on this?

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