IIHS Claims Arizona Uber Fatality Could Have Been Avoided If Volvo Safety Systems Were Not Disabled

The Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving test vehicle that killed a pedestrian in Arizona this year may have been able to avoid the crash had the ride-hailing company not disabled Volvo Cars' safety system, according to a safety group.

In a report Tuesday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety criticizes Uber for turning off Volvo's collision-avoidance technology in the XC90 crossover that struck and killed a woman in Tempe on March 18. The insurer group's chief research officer, David Zuby, vouched for the effectiveness of Volvo's system, saying it would have prevented or mitigated the crash.

TomM - 8/7/2018 5:59:26 PM

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We will never know if this is true - so why speculate.

iamdabest1 - 8/7/2018 6:55:14 PM

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my brother in law has this collision thing on his volvo S90 and has a love hate relationship with it. he said its helped him a couple of times, but has also abruptly shut off and made a crazy stop for no reason whatsoever !!!
he could have easily been rear ended- lucky no one was there.