After the fatal accident with an Uber vehicle is now clear, Uber was not to blame.
in the March last year Overrun an Autonomous Test Car from Over a woman on a street in Tempe in the US state Arizona, There followed a media outcry based on the motto that people knew that the technology was not as good as a human being.
Immediately, confidence in the technology dropped, Uber stopped the testsyes, they even got testing forbiddenand test conditions have been tightened everywhere. A nice example of this was provided by the US state Pennsylvania, The hype also changed others industry participants they also stopped their tests. A setback for autonomous driving.
At first this was the case Car guiltythe software would have failed. Then it quickly became clear that the Autonomous Emergency Brake disabled was. There was one for that Woman at the wheelwho preferred to watch a casting show on her smartphone rather than watch the traffic. Nevertheless, it was clear for many media, the car was guilty – this statement echoed for a long time. It was the proverbially found eating.
Many test riders were due to the set tests at that time dismiss, Only in the last December Uber started his test program again, with two test drivers each. But this blemish got stuck.
It will probably not change that fast any more, even though it has now been officially announced that Uber is not to blame. Nevertheless, a statement made that Uber before such Accident was warned, the round.
The district attorney for the Yavapai district has now closed the case and announced that Uber can not be prosecuted. The blame for the accident was on the test driver, who was distracted. She is now being charged with manslaughter. The corresponding investigations have already started.
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About David Flora
I’ve been writing about Autonomous & Connected Driving since 2011 and also talk about it on other sites like the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at the HU Berlin and since 2012 I am a freelance journalist. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de