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

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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  • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Friday May 25 2018, @03:18AM

    by coolgopher (1157) on Friday May 25 2018, @03:18AM (#683868)

    But you have to understand, if they'd left the emergency brake system online, the ride might not have been smooth enough for the passengers!

    Seriously, that's gotta incur some serious liability. One does not simply switch off the emergency brake system.

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