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Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
22 June 2018
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NTSB
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) mapped the incident - yellow rings show metres ahead of the vehicle, orange lines centre of mapped travel and purple area the car's path
The "safety operator" of a self-driving Uber car was watching TV just before the vehicle was involved in a fatal collision, a police report reveals.The Uber car struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg, 49, of Tempe, Arizona in March.The police report suggests the car's driver was streaming an episode of talent show The Voice rather than monitoring the car's progress.It suggests she could face charges of vehicle manslaughter.No actionThe Tempe police report said the crash was "entirely avoidable" if the Uber operator, Rafaela Vasquez, had been watching the road while the car was operating autonomously.
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Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
22 June 2018
Image copyright
NTSB
Image caption
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) mapped the incident - yellow rings show metres ahead of the vehicle, orange lines centre of mapped travel and purple area the car's path
The "safety operator" of a self-driving Uber car was watching TV just before the vehicle was involved in a fatal collision, a police report reveals.The Uber car struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg, 49, of Tempe, Arizona in March.The police report suggests the car's driver was streaming an episode of talent show The Voice rather than monitoring the car's progress.It suggests she could face charges of vehicle manslaughter.No actionThe Tempe police report said the crash was "entirely avoidable" if the Uber operator, Rafaela Vasquez, had been watching the road while the car was operating autonomously.
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