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A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. It was in autonomous mode at the time of the collision, with a vehicle operator behind the wheel. Uber has suspended testing of its self-driving cars.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-autonomous-car-fatal-crash/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/self-driving-uber-kills-arizona-171055918.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/19/594950197/uber-suspends-self-driving-tests-after-pedestrian-is-killed-in-arizona
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-suspends-driverless-car-program-after-pedestrian-is-struck-and-killed-1521480386
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17139518/uber-self-driving-car-fatal-crash-tempe-arizona
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/uber-self-driving-test-car-involved-in-accident-resulting-in-pedestrian-death/
I couldn't find any good analysis of the liability situation here.
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Monday March 19 2018, @10:46PM
The problem is that with the reputation that Uber has, the more it holds back, the more it looks like Uber is just being Uber here - and that's not going to work well in the court system for them. The downside is that they will just keep throwing more litigation at it until everyone gets weary of reading about it.
I really think that this is one of those cases where the state/federal government should step in and sue on behalf of the family/estate of the deceased - just to make it an even fight in the courts rather than Joe Three-Partner-Practise up against the might of hundreds of Uber Lawyers.