AWFUL! Uber shuts down self-driving cars after pedestrian is KILLED…

In a horrible accident in Arizona, an Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman pedestrian.

Watch below:

From Reuters:

A woman died of her injuries after being struck by a Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, police say, prompting the ride-hailing company to suspend ts autonomous-vehicle programme across the US and Canada.

Monday’s accident in Tempe, Arizona, marked the first fatality from a self-driving vehicle, which are still being tested around the globe, and could derail efforts to fast-track the introduction of the new technology in the US.

At the time of the accident, which occurred on the night between Sunday and Monday, the car was in autonomous mode with a vehicle operator behind the wheel, Tempe police said.

Pretty terrible.

And another:

There’s a counterpoint to the obvious Luddist response to shutting down all self-driving cars:

I doubt there are enough numbers to know the averages, since self-driving cars are so new. But I doubt we’re going to stop the march of progress in that arena. It’s just that companies developing the technology will obviously need to be much more careful than Uber was here. And I’m sure they can except a big lawsuit.


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