Uber Ordered To Take Its Self-Driving Cars Off Arizona Roads (nytimes.com)

After failing to meet an expectation that it would prioritize public safety as it tested its self-driving technology, Uber has been ordered to take its self-driving cars off Arizona roads (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source). "The incident that took place on March 18 is an unquestionable failure to comply with this expectation," Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona wrote in a letter sent to Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber's chief executive. "Arizona must take action now." The New York Times reports: Uber had already suspended all testing of its cars in Arizona, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Toronto. "We proactively suspended self-driving operations in all cities immediately following the tragic incident last week. We continue to help investigators in any way we can, and we'll keep a dialogue open with the governor's office to address any concerns they have," said Matt Kallman, an Uber spokesman. The rebuke from the governor is a reversal from what has been an open-arms policy by the state, heralding its lack of regulation as an asset to lure autonomous vehicle testing -- and tech jobs. Waymo, the self-driving car company spun out from Google, and General Motors-owned Cruise are also testing cars in the state. Mr. Ducey said he was troubled by a video released from the Tempe Police Department that seemed to show that neither the Uber safety driver nor the autonomous vehicle detected the presence of a pedestrian in the road in the moments before the crash.

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typical, predictable move

[mapkinase]

By liberals.

This will have a chilling effect on SDC progress.

The deaths ate inevitable, they will happen, if every "servant of the people" stupid governor will start acting like this, this will have a tremendous negative impact on the progress.

Given that pedestrian caused this problem, this perfectly illustrates the future.

Re:typical, predictable move

[mapkinase]

They are all liberals, they are all demagogues.

You think I give two shits about distinction between stupid democrats and stupid republicans?

Re: Big mistake!

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe pedestrians should learn how to obey traffic laws concerning them and stop acting like they're invincible and own the road.

If anything, Uber needs to kill more so they'll learn their place.