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Uber suspends self-driving cars after crash

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WASHINGTON: US ride-hailing company Uber has suspended its self-driving cars from the roads after one such vehicle crashed in Arizona, the media reported on Sunday. Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on a street, next to another badly damaged vehicle, the BBC reported. US-based Fresco News posted the images and video on Facebook on Saturday and wrote: “No injuries yet reported in an accident involving a self-driving Uber.” A police official said the accident occurred when the other vehicle “failed to yield” to the Uber car at a left turn. “There was a person behind the wheel. It is uncertain at this time if they were controlling the vehicle at the time of the collision,” the official said.


The company pulled its self-driving vehicles off the road in Arizona at first, followed by test sites in Pennsylvania and California — all three states where it operated the vehicles. Uber began testing its self-driving cars in Arizona in February after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registrations of the company’s fleet operating in San Francisco.  Uber had refused to apply for a $150 permit to test the vehicles in the city. Already mired in several controversies, this crash is the latest in a string of highly public incidents involving the ride-sharing company. The company lost several big executives since February. — IANS


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