Krafcik Says Waymo Tech `Robust Enough' to Avoid Uber Crash
- Waymo’s self-drive cars would have seen pedestrian, CEO says
- First comments from self-driving executive since crash
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Waymo Chief Executive Officer John Krafcik said his company’s self-driving software would likely have avoided the pedestrian death in which an Uber autonomous car was involved.
“We have a lot of confidence that our technology would be robust and would be able to handle situations like that one,” Krafcik said on Saturday in his first public comments since a pedestrian was killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle last Sunday night. The fatal incident in Tempe, Arizona, has rattled the industry and prompted lawmaker scrutiny.