Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn’t programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers, according to documents released by U.S. safety investigators. The documents painted a picture of safety and design lapses with tragic consequences but didn’t assign a cause for the crash. The Uber vehicle’s radar sensors first observed Herzberg about 5.6 seconds prior to impact before she entered the vehicle’s lane of travel, and initially classified her as a vehicle. AdvertisementUber made extensive changes to its self-driving system after several reviews of its operation and findings by NTSB investigators. Less than five months before the accident, Uber had cut back to a single safety driver in its test vehicles.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 06, 2019 00:28 UTC