Uber safety driver of fatal self-driving crash was watching Hulu, not the road

Uber safety driver of fatal self-driving crash was watching Hulu, not the road

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/22/uber-safety-driver-of-fatal-self-driving-crash-was-watching-hulu-not-the-road/

A safety driver operating an Uber self-driving vehicle looked down at a phone that was streaming The Voice on Hulu 204 times during a 43-minute test drive that ended when pedestrian Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed in Tempe, Arizona, according to a 318-page police report reviewed by TechCrunch.

The Tempe Police Department released late Thursday evening the report on the fatal self-driving car crash that occurred in a Phoenix suburb in March. The lengthy report reveals that safety driver Rafaela Vasquez was streaming the show The Voice on her phone at the time of the crash.

Uber safety driver of fatal self-driving crash was watching Hulu, not the road

Jun 22, 2018, 5:54pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/22/uber-safety-driver-of-fatal-self-driving-crash-was-watching-hulu-not-the-road/ > A safety driver operating an Uber self-driving vehicle looked down at a phone that was streaming The Voice on Hulu 204 times during a 43-minute test drive that ended when pedestrian Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed in Tempe, Arizona, according to a 318-page police report reviewed by TechCrunch. > The Tempe Police Department released late Thursday evening the report on the fatal self-driving car crash that occurred in a Phoenix suburb in March. The lengthy report reveals that safety driver Rafaela Vasquez was streaming the show The Voice on her phone at the time of the crash.