Uber suspends its self-driving efforts following Arizona crash

Uber takes no chance in the wake of his auto-driving car accident in Tempe, Arizona. The company has suspended its two trials in Arizona and its operations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as it investigates what happened. The company confirmed to Engadget that his vehicle was in self-driving mode at the time, but added that there were no serious injuries on either side of the collision, and "no rear passengers "In the autonomous Volvo of Uber.

A Uber spokeswoman tells us that the company "continues to examine this incident", and it is not too difficult to understand why. While it is already established that Uber is not at fault (another driver failed to yield when SUV Uber had the right of way), there are a number of unanswered questions. Is there a way that the human pilot of the Uber hike could have avoided a collision by taking over in time, for example? Is there a software tweak that could have the vehicle react on its own? Although it is tempting to fix the accident solely on the imperfect nature of people, Uber probably wants to rule out all the factors that could be resolved by the driver's code or training.
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