Uber Stops Tests For Self-driving Car After Fatality

Uber has stopped testing its self-driving cars on public roads in Arizona, San Francisco, Toronto, and Pittsburgh following the death of a pedestrian. ABC 15 (via The Verge) reports 49-year-old Elane Herzberg was struck by an Uber vehicle traveling in autonomous mode with a safety driver behind the wheel on Monday morning in Tempe, Arizona. Herzberg was walking outside of the crosswalk when the accident occurred and was taken to hospital where she died from the injuries. Continue reading…

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