People still fear self-driving cars a year after Uber fatal crash

Elaine Herzberg was walking her bicycle across a Tempe, Arizona street when a Volvo XC90 hit her, almost a year ago on March 18, 2018. She died at the hospital. 

The car that hit her was an Uber, but this one was self-driving. The driver and sole occupant in the car was a "safety operator" sitting behind the wheel, not controlling the vehicle.  

The fatal crash had immediate ramifications for Uber's self-driving car program and the industry. Only recently did Uber restart its testing (and only in Pittsburgh). Now 12 months later, we're seeing that the public perception of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is still heavily affected by that deadly crash.  Read more...