Uber Self Driving Project Packs Bags And Leaves Arizona After Fatal Crash

Uber announced Wednesday that it will abandon its Arizona testing of self-driving cars, a program that had been paused in the wake of a March crash that killed a pedestrian.

The move comes as the ride-hailing company tries to rebrand itself under CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who is now starring in a TV ad in which he describes the company's new mantra as "do the right thing."

Uber said it plans to restart autonomous car tests in Pittsburgh, Toronto and San Francisco once officials investigating the Arizona crash wrap up. But questions remain about a program cobbled together in haste under ousted co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick.

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Vette71 - 5/24/2018 10:51:12 AM

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Per Associated Press today the vehicle saw the pedestrian 6 seconds before striking her but the emergency braking system was turned of to prevent erratic behavior. Too many false positives? Driver was responsible but not alerted. Driver steered away 1 second before impact and braked 1 second after impact. This stuff is not ready for release on the roads.

carloslassiter - 5/24/2018 12:03:54 PM

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Turning off the emergency braking system sounds like human error.

Vette71 - 5/24/2018 3:26:31 PM

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Nope. Just poor judgment, i.e. negligence. Per the article it was done deliberately to avoid all the false positives. The driver didn't do it.