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Uber Autonomous Car Strikes and Kills Woman in Arizona
...and there was a hands-off monitor in the car at the time
Late last night in Tempe, Arizona, where Uber is running a trial of autonomous cars, one of their self-driving SUVs struck a woman who was crossing the street (apparently outside of the crosswalk, according to a police report quoted by Reuters). The victim, 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, apparently did not die at the scene, but was transported to a hospital before she died.
Enter a caption (optional)Police report that there was actually a driver behind the wheel of the autonomous car at the time, but that the car was in autonomous mode.
No other details of the crash were provided at press time, but Uber has reportedly suspended "its North American tests," the wording of which would seem to imply that any trials on other continents might be ongoing.
This is thought to be the first human fatality caused by an autonomous car striking someone.
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"apparently outside of the crosswalk"
Well as more details unfold, it does look more like the victim really was at fault.
The New York Times' comment section on this article is a mess. Tons of people calling for the end of automation in vehicles. One death, while tragic, in all the miles traveled by autonomous vehicles has got to be lower than deaths caused by normal drivers. Cars hitting pedestrians isn't national news and there aren't articles covering the times driver-less cars saved pedestrians from the same fate.
At the same time, there are what, under 100 truly autonomous vehicles operating in the USA right now? I don't know for sure of the exact number but it has to be low. There are over 250 million registered passenger vehicles in the USA, of course the number of deaths by non-autonomous vehicles will be higher...
Well, duh. but it's all a ratio, number of deaths per miles driven; he's saying autonomous vehicles would be less.