A robot taxi being tested killed a dog that ran out from behind a parked car. The company said that the car's computers recognized the dog but could not stop the car in time.

So-called "autonomous" cars are not really autonomous, because they are "connected", and that is an injustice to the passengers and perhaps also the passersby. It should be illegal to operate a taxi unless it (1) can be called by anonymous passengers, (2) accepts payment in anonymous cash, and (3) keeps no biometric information about them or about people outside the taxi.