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Uber Pulls Self-Driving Cars After First Fatal Crash of Autonomous Vehicle

posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 19 2018, @10:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the bound-to-happen dept.

vux984 writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by cocaine overdose on Monday March 19 2018, @11:17PM

    by cocaine overdose (6886) <cocaineoverdose@protonmail.com> on Monday March 19 2018, @11:17PM (#655183) Homepage Journal
    I, for one, welcome our new automaton overlords. With every new accident, autonomic cars move one step closer to being banned. If Tesla could now allow one of their semis to plow into one of the many private girls-only catholic school, schools of children that are overrunning the streets of Manhatten at lunch, then we could finally can these high-capacity, assault vehicles. You thought school shootings were bad? Now how about millions of, Cloud (TM) connected vehicles. More complex than the human need to be a blithering asshat at every turn, and imbued with the expected security that comes with "Move fast, and break things" attitude. Think of the children! Long live autonomic cars.
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