Washington, DC (CNN) The Uber test driver who was responsible for monitoring one of the company's self-driving cars that hit and killed a pedestrian in 2018 was charged with negligent homicide this week. Rafaela Vasquez was watching television on her smartphone when the Uber self-driving vehicle struck Elaine Herzberg, who was crossing a road in Tempe, Arizona, according to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation. Furthermore, the NTSB found that Uber's system could not correctly classify and predict the path of a pedestrian crossing midblock, which occurred in the incident involving Vasquez. Uber had also deactivated a forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking system on the Volvo, according to the NTSB. Uber made revisions to its program following guidance from the NTSB.

Source: The Nation September 18, 2020 15:01 UTC