UBER is again in the center of attention, and not in a positive way, and that's because we're talking about a new world premiere in which the company that owns the ridesharing platform is involved, and it's not exactly what many people expected. About two years ago, one of the autonomous cars tested by UBER on the streets of the USA was involved in a fatal accident, an investigation by the authorities led to the prosecution of a person.
UBER he had a driver in each of his autonomous cars who had to make sure that the cars do not violate traffic rules, and that they do not injure other cars or pedestrians during their testing. Unfortunately, that driver was not paying attention to the road at the time, but was watching an episode of a TV show on his phone, so the car that UBER was testing hit a woman who was riding a bicycle on a public road in the US .
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UBER he managed to prove that he is not at fault in this whole situation, but the woman who was in the car, and who had to take care that she did not hit people, was accused and will be sent to court by the authorities. This was the first fatal accident that occurred in connection with an autonomous car tested on the streets of the USA, so UBER is the first company that had such a problem, but not because of its fault, but because of the employee behind the wheel.
UBER he was not at fault, according to the authorities, they made the decision that the woman who was in the driver's seat had to stop the car, and this because the artificial intelligence behind the autonomous guidance system failed to detect the victim on the road. UBER suspended its testing for autonomous cars for a period of time, then resumed it, but in 2018, when the accident occurred, it was clear that the software needed major improvements.
UBER is also now testing autonomous cars, and wants to launch services that allow people to benefit from ridesharing services without human drivers to transport them where they need to go.
