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Uber Self-Driving Car in Crash Wasn't Programmed to Brake
- NTSB released details of deadly autonomous Uber crash in March
- Preliminary report does not establish probable cause
Investigators examine the driverless Uber SUV that fatally struck a woman in Tempe.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board via AP
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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.
Sensors on an Uber SUV being tested in Tempe detected the woman, who was crossing a street at night outside a crosswalk, eventually concluding “an emergency braking maneuver was needed to mitigate a collision,” the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released Thursday.