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 All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:41PM (2 children)
I'm curious.
If this were medicine or nursing you'd have Institutional Review Boards and required justifications before any drug or technique comes close to a human being. Even then there are errors.
If this were aviation you'd have gobs of FAA requirements and licensing to complete before a plane is allowed to fly even with a test pilot. Even then there are errors.
If this were Facebook you'd.... ok. Bad example but semi-legitimate parallel I hope.
And the point is: Who has processed the ethics of allowing Uber (and Google and....) to be driving their experimental autonomous cars in live traffic with live pedestrians? Yes, momentary pause for hatred of bureaucracy we all have and I am preaching Libertarian heresy here. But regulation and ethics helps to limit negative impacts of experimental things. What regulations do autonomous car companies face?
This sig for rent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:23PM (1 child)
Regulations, ethics review boards? Ha! The big tech companies lobby state gov't and get permission. There may be some additional hand waving, but I think it is another case where money talks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:25PM
Replying to my own AC comment -- I almost forgot that Uber was caught testing self-driving cars without getting any permission -- was that in the SF area or somewhere else in California?