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lunasun

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 11:58 PM Mar 2018

The state of Arizona is finished with Ubers self-driving car test program for now

On the heels of last week’s fatal crash where a pedestrian was struck by a self-driving Uber test vehicle in Tempe, Arizona Gov. Douglas Ducey tonight rescinded the company’s license to test and operate autonomous vehicles in the state.

Forty-nine-year-old Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed by an Uber-modified Volvo XC90 while she was attempting to cross the road at night, and a video later revealed the car’s human minder was looking down at the time of the crash.

“I found the video (of the crash) to be disturbing and alarming, and it raises many questions about the ability of Uber to continue testing in Arizona,” Ducey wrote to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Noting the crash was an “unquestionable failure to comply” with the expectation that public safety be the top priority for self-driving car tests, Ducey directed the state’s Dept. of Transportation to suspend Uber’s testing on public roadways.
https://jalopnik.com/arizonas-governor-orders-uber-to-suspend-self-driving-c-1824097133

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The state of Arizona is finished with Ubers self-driving car test program for now (Original Post) lunasun Mar 2018 OP
Horse gone, paddock door firmly locked gratuitous Mar 2018 #1

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Tue Mar 27, 2018, 12:34 AM
Mar 2018

Uber's relationship to the truth is quite tenuous. They'll tell elected officials what they want to hear, make grand statements about the rewards that Uber will shower on the citizens, and once they've gained their franchise . . . It doesn't quite pan out. Arizona has now found this out to its regret. Portland is rather slow on the uptake, but the chasm between promise and reality grows ever wider. The now-former city commissioner who championed Uber and Lyft has taken time to express his regrets. Meanwhile the taxi companies have been decimated and an industry that provided good jobs to unskilled workers is in shambles.

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