Emergency braking system was disabled on self-driving Uber when it fatally struck pedestrian, NTSB says

A new federal government report provides new details into the circumstances surrounding the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a self-driving Uber in March......»»

The NTSB released preliminary findings. Uber Technologies Inc.'s self-driving system detected the woman who was struck and killed by one of the com.....»»

Spencer Platt/Getty On March 18, 2018, a self-driving Uber car struck and killed a pedestrian during a test-run in Arizona. There was an operator present in the car, but sh.....»»

The victim was walking a bike across a road and had methamphetamine and marijuana in her bloodstream, according to investigators......»»

The Uber Te.....»»

The car operator was watching "The Voice" when the Uber fatally struck a pedestrian......»»

The car operator was watching "The Voice" when the Uber fatally struck a pedestrian......»»

The move comes after an autonomous car struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018......»»

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A driver/operator that was not attentive and emergency braking maneuvers that were not enabled are among the issues identified by the NTSB on why an Uber autonomous vehicle did not stop before it hit and killed a woman last year in Tempe. The Nation.....»»

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a March 2018 Uber Technologies Inc self-driving vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona......»»

Prosecutors say Uber is not criminally liable for a deadly March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company's self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian......»»

Less than two months after a self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona; local news stations are reporting that a Waymo minivan in autonomous mode was involved in a crash in Chandler, Arizona. As a reminder, Waymo is th.....»»

A pedestrian was killed in March when she was struck by the self-driving vehicle......»»

A pedestrian was killed in March when she was struck by the self-driving vehicle......»»

Uber Technologies Inc. is closing down its self-driving vehicle program in Arizona about two months after the state barred it from road-testing the technology when one of the company’s robot cars struck and killed a pedestrian......»»

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle tha.....»»

An Uber car involved in a deadly crash in Arizona wasn’t designed to automatically brake in case of an emergency, the National Transportation Safety Board said......»»

Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving vehicle wasn’t programmed to stop for obstructions in its path, including the pedestrian it struck and killed last March in Arizona, according to federal investigators......»»

Uber's self-driving car system detected an Arizona pedestrian about six seconds before the vehicle killed the woman in March, but the system ne.....»»