Uber lawsuit resolves ethics question of self-driving cars killing pedestrians

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Uber lawsuit resolves ethics question of self-driving cars killing pedestrians
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The first self-driving car fatality case put to rest who was responsible for killing a pedestrian. In this case, it was not the robot.

The Uber system detected the victim 5.6 seconds before the crash,reported but failed to determine that she was a bicyclist or that she was headed into the vehicle's path.

The victim, 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, was the first known pedestrian fatality related to a fully autonomous vehicle crash. She had been pushing her bike through a crosswalk before the impact occurred. Interior view of Rafaela's vehicle moments before the self-driving Uber SUV she was operating fatally struck a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in what was the first death involving a fully autonomous vehicle.

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