The National Transportation Safety Board found Uber’s lack of adequate safety policies contributed to the 2018 fatal crash in which an automated Volvo XC90 killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona
In the accident, a 44-year-old woman employed by Uber was in the driver’s seat, but she was streaming a television show on a device she brought into the car. In March 2019 Arizona prosecutors found Uber was not criminally liable in Herzberg’s death.
The report blamed “automation complacency,” but found no evidence that the operator’s computer showing the television program was a source of distraction. But it also stated that an alert operator would have had 2 to 4 seconds to react. The company also reduced the maximum speed of the test vehicles from 45 miles per hour to 25 mph. Another change was the installation of an inward facing camera to monitor the operator’s alertness.
For example, there was no corporate safety plan, no dedicated safety manager and inadequate enforcement of a policy that prohibited operators of self-driving cars from using cell phones while behind the wheel.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
U.S. safety board wants Boeing to redesign 737 NG part after fatal Southwest accidentThe U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday called on Boeing Co to ...
Read more »
Safety regulators want Boeing to redesign part of 737 NG plane’s engineBoeing said it is fixing the problem. In 2018, a broken fan blade on a 737 NG plane started a chain reaction that killed a Southwest Airlines passenger.
Read more »
U.S. car safety agency head: NAFTA successor 'big win' for industryThe acting top U.S. auto safety official said on Monday he was confident the U.S...
Read more »
Bees stuck in water create waves and 'surf' to safety, scientists thinkResearchers places bees in water and watch them do what is know as hydrofoiling.
Read more »
Jeffrey Epstein death: Jail guards arrested for botching safety checks on accused sex traffickerEpstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as Britain's Prince Andrew, was being held in a jail in lower Manhattan on child sex trafficking charges at the time of his death.
Read more »