{Uber has grounded its fleet of self-driving cars pending an investigation into the crash of an Uber autonomous vehicle in Arizona, a spokesperson for the car-hailing service said on Sunday.}<\/p>\n
No one was seriously injured in the accident which occurred on Friday in Tempe, Arizona while the vehicle was in self-driving mode, the company said.<\/p>\n
“We are continuing to look into this incident and can confirm we had no backseat passengers in the vehicle,” the Uber spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred when the other vehicle “failed to yield” while making a left turn, Tempe police spokeswoman Josie Montenegros said.<\/p>\n
“The vehicles collided causing the autonomous vehicle to roll onto its side. There were no serious injuries,” she said.<\/p>\n
Self-driving Uber vehicles always have a driver who can take over the controls at any time.<\/p>\n
Montenegro said it was uncertain whether the Uber driver was controlling the vehicle at the time of the collision.<\/p>\n
The company grounded its self-driving vehicles in Arizona after the accident and then followed up pulling them off the road in Pittsburg and San Francisco, the two other locations where it operates self-driving vehicles, the company said.<\/p>\n
Uber has been dogged by problems in recent weeks, including the sudden, unexplained resignation of company President Jeff Jones, allegations of sexual harassment, and a lawsuit filed by Google alleging Uber stole trade secrets.<\/p>\n
A number of executives have left the company in recent weeks, including Uber president, Jeff Jones, as troubles have mounted.<\/p>\n
Advocates of self-driving cars say that they can cut down on deadly traffic accidents by eliminating human error.<\/p>\n
But there have been accidents, including a fatality in Florida in May when a truck struck a speeding Tesla that was on autopilot.<\/p>\n
An investigation found no safety-related defects with the autopilot system, but concluded that the driver may have had time to avert the crash if he had been paying closer attention.<\/p>\n
Source:Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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