Driverless cars: Uber suspends testing after crash

The Uber SUV was not responsible for the crash, police said.

Although Uber was not at fault in the Arizona accident, the incident is problematic for the company. Uber halted its Arizona and Pittsburgh test after a self-driving SUV was knocked onto its side by another vehicle.

Until, the investigation is complete, Uber said that it is suspending the self-driving trials indefinitely in the states of Arizona and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

With the company’s board in turmoil, Uber is now finding it just as hard on the road having now made a decision to suspend its self-driving auto project after a major crash. The other driver failed to yield to the Uber and caused it to flip on its side. She said no serious injuries were reported. According to those reports, local authorities said the driver in the other vehicle failed to yield to Uber’s semi-autonomous Volvo. Pittsburgh tests paved the way for later deployments in California and Arizona. The spokesperson did not know when the cars would start driving again.

Josie Montenegro, Tempe police information officer, said, “There was a person behind the wheel”.

Bloomberg got in touch with an Uber representative, who confirmed both the accident and the veracity of the photos.

Image: Uber suspends self-driving cars after crash. Among them, a number of Uber employees have been accused of stealing intellectual property from Waymo and using it as a basis for Uber’s self-driving technology. Argo was developed by two former Uber engineers.

It was forced to drop that trial, although it recently began a small pilot in its home city of San Francisco that involves testing cars without picking up passengers.

Self-driving cars supporters are of the view that deadly accidents can be reduced with such technology. Last year, Google’s self-driving vehicle brushed with a schoolbus.

CEO Travis Kalanick has been in the spotlight over the last few weeks due to several in-house controversies.

The ride haling business has announced that it will be postponing its commercial autonomous vehicle project, in the wake of the traffic accident in Tempe, Arizona.