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Uber to Stop Testing Self-Driving Cars in Arizona, Continue Elsewhere

posted by chromas on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:23PM   
from the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL dept.

takyon writes:

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.

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• Re:Elsewhere ... except California. (Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:58PM

  by MostCynical (2589) on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:58PM (#683817) Journal

  So some States value rules, some value human life, and some value neither?

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  "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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