Following the incident, Uber suspended all of its self-driving testing in cities across the country in the wake of the crash. The woman’s death is shaping up as the first significant test of how policy makers and the public will respond to self-driving technology. The incident occurred as companies have been pushing for regulatory clearance to offer self-driving car ride services as soon as next year. On Friday, Uber and Alphabet Inc's Waymo car unit had written U.S. senators urging them to approve sweeping self-driving car legislation "in the coming weeks." Mark Rosenker, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said on Monday the public should not overreact to the Uber incident.

Source: dna March 20, 2018 03:07 UTC