It would be the first fatal traffic accident involving self-driving car in Arizona, if the car was proved to be in autonomous mode when the accident occurred.
Police in Tempe, Arizona, have released a new report regarding Uber’s fatal self-driving car crash last March, which reveals that the safety driver Rafaela Vasquez was streaming The Voice on Hulu on her phone at the time of the accident, via Reuters. The crash killed 49-year old Elaine ...
Elaine Herzberg, then 49, was hit by a Volvo vehicle operated by Uber on March 18 last year as she crossed a street in Tempe, a southern city in the state of Arizona. When the fatal accident occurred, according to a police report, the driver behind the wheel was using auto-drive mode...
The Arizona police, along with federal investigators, have beenexamining the vehicle and accident site, while also gathering information about the technology in the car, the vehicle operator and the pedestrian. They've also been studying a video that captured the crash Sunday ...
[13] also reported that the total seizure-related crash rates did not increase, comparing the period before (1.1/109 Miles Driven) and after (1.1/109 Miles Driven) reducing the diving restriction from 12 to 3 months in Arizona. Seizure-free periods are used as the criteria for driving ...
Public records requests for the crash-related documentation were made to ADOT, the Chandler P.D, and the Arizona Dept of Public Safety for all 107 collisions. Relevant materials were available and provided for a total of 92 collisions. One of these collisions took place on a roadway that had...
An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona, police said on Monday, marking the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle and a potential blow to the technology expected to transform transportation.
Meanwhile, Waymo, the self-driving arm of Google's parent company, is launching a public self-driving car service this year in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Companies such as GM's Cruise and Intel are also testing in the state. Arizona has little inclement weather. This makes it more appe...
That accident raised questions about the safety of systems that can perform driving tasks for long stretches with little or no human intervention, but which cannot completely replace human drivers. The crash comes soon after an Uber vehicle in Arizona in self-driving mode struck and killed a pede...
Law enforcement learned of the hit-and-run when a caller reported an unresponsive man in a ditch, as well as car parts in the area, on Wednesday morning. It happened on County Road 45 North in Owatonna. The man died at the scene. Authorities identified him as 31-year-old Taylor Padill...