Cops: Autonomous Uber driver may have been streaming The Voice before death crash
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/22/uber_fatal_crash_driver_distracted_police_report/
A woman in the driving seat of an autonomous Uber that hit and killed a pedestrian was likely streaming an episode of telly show The Voice on her phone immediately before the collision, according to reports.
State police in Tempe, Arizona, reckoned the crash, which killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, was "entirely avoidable" had the focus of Uber's "safety driver" not been elsewhere. Driver Rafaela Vasquez was watching The Voice in the minutes prior to the accident, according to police.
Cops: Autonomous Uber driver may have been streaming The Voice before death crash
Jun 22, 2018, 12:48pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/22/uber_fatal_crash_driver_distracted_police_report/
> A woman in the driving seat of an autonomous Uber that hit and killed a pedestrian was likely streaming an episode of telly show The Voice on her phone immediately before the collision, according to reports.
> State police in Tempe, Arizona, reckoned the crash, which killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, was "entirely avoidable" had the focus of Uber's "safety driver" not been elsewhere. Driver Rafaela Vasquez was watching The Voice in the minutes prior to the accident, according to police.