LAS VEGAS—The head of Google-parent Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit said he is confident its technology would be able to spot someone crossing the street, avoiding an accident such as the one in which an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Waymo Chief Executive John Krafcik, speaking at the National Automobile Dealers Association Show, said the March 18 Uber accident struck a chord with him because the “car had technology representing the self-driving space.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 25, 2018 00:45 UTC