Uber ends self-driving operation in Arizona
Uber has shuttered its self-driving testing program in Arizona and laid off close to 300 workers there — most of them test drivers, or "vehicle operators" — two months after one of its autonomous cars killed a pedestrian, the company said on Wednesday. The company had been testing its self-driving technology in the state since 2016, but halted operations in the wake of the March crash. The company's testing was also indefinitely suspended by the Arizona governor's office.
[...] Uber says it still plans to restart its self-driving operations in other locations (like Pittsburgh or San Francisco) once the investigations into the Arizona crash are complete. But in those locations, Uber will "drive in a much more limited way," according to an internal email obtained by ArsTechnica.
(Score: 2) by caffeine on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:49PM (1 child)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:58PM
So some States value rules, some value human life, and some value neither?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex