Ride-sharing service Uber will not face criminal charges over a fatal crash in which one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in the United States.
The era of self-driving cars is fast approaching, but partial or full autonomy raises the question of who is to blame in the case of an accident with no driver.
Yavapai County Attorney's Office — which examined the case at the request of Maricopa County, where the accident occurred — did not explain the reasoning for not finding criminal liability against Uber. The fatal accident was a setback from which the company has yet to recover, and its autonomous vehicle testing remains dramatically reduced.The accident was also a blow to the entire autonomous vehicle industry and led other companies to temporarily halt their testing, with scrutiny mounting on the nascent technology, which presents fatal risks but has minimal oversight from regulators.
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