New footage of the crash that killed Elaine Herzberg raises fresh questions about why the self-driving car did not stopVideo of the first self-driving car crash that killed a pedestrian showed how the autonomous Uber failed to slow down as it fatally hit a 49-year-old woman walking her bike across the street. The four-second exterior video showed the car driving down a somewhat dark and largely empty street as it collided into the woman walking directly in its path. It was around 10pm at the time of the crash, and the video showed the woman appearing in view a second or so before the collision. Some have argued that under new rules issued by Arizona’s governor, a strong proponent of the technology, a company like Uber could possibly be criminally liable if an autonomous car negligently killed someone. “It’s absolutely ridiculous,” said White, who said she was shocked to learn that an autonomous car had killed Herzberg, who she had known for more than 20 years.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2018 01:03 UTC