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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   
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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• Re:What ethical regulations are in play here?Re:What ethical regulations are in play here? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:23PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:23PM (#655504)

  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.

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• Re:What ethical regulations are in play here?(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:25PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:25PM (#655506)

  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?

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