Uber ordered to take its self-driving cars off the road

Stefan Mileschin · 28th March 2018, 12:21

Failed to keep people safe

After failing to meet an expectation that it would prioritise public safety as it tested its self-driving technology, Uber has been ordered to take its self-driving cars off Arizona roads.

Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona wrote in a letter sent to Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber's chief executive that the death of a pedestrian on March 18 was "an unquestionable failure to comply" with an expectation that Uber would make public safety a priority. Ducey said he was troubled by a video released from the Tempe Police Department that seemed to show that neither the Uber safety driver nor the autonomous vehicle detected the presence of a pedestrian in the road in the moments before the crash.

According to the New York Times, Uber had already suspended all testing of its cars in Arizona, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Toronto.

https://fudzilla.com/news/45901-uber...s-off-the-road

28th March 2018, 12:21	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Uber ordered to take its self-driving cars off the road Failed to keep people safe After failing to meet an expectation that it would prioritise public safety as it tested its self-driving technology, Uber has been ordered to take its self-driving cars off Arizona roads. Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona wrote in a letter sent to Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber's chief executive that the death of a pedestrian on March 18 was "an unquestionable failure to comply" with an expectation that Uber would make public safety a priority. Ducey said he was troubled by a video released from the Tempe Police Department that seemed to show that neither the Uber safety driver nor the autonomous vehicle detected the presence of a pedestrian in the road in the moments before the crash. According to the New York Times, Uber had already suspended all testing of its cars in Arizona, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Toronto. https://fudzilla.com/news/45901-uber...s-off-the-road

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