Uber autonomous vehicles return to the streets with new security measures

A little more than a month after the accident in which an autonomous vehicle of Uber crashed and caused the death of one. wife in Tempe Arizona and that forced the company to stop his autonomous driving program, as well as the loss of the license to test his cars in this state, now the company mentioned that its autonomous vehicles will return in the streets of the United States.

The company will now restart in Pittsburgh, a city located in Pennsylvania, United States. And not to worry the people of Pittsburgh, Uber mentioned that for the moment their cars will not circulate in the streets of the city in autonomous mode, but will be treated by a human at all times.

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Uber did not specify what was the intention that their vehicles do not drive for the moment the autonomous driving, although he clarified that later they will resume driving tests autonomously in the city, although by then there will be two employees inside the vehicle, one behind the steering wheel that must be alert at all times to any unforeseen events that occur, and another that will monitor the statistics and analysis of the autonomous driving system. 19659002] The company also pointed out that they are eager to start over again with stand-alone driving tests in the United States because Google continues to move forward in California with its autonomous cars, which are the only ones to have the # 1 39; permission to circulate on the streets without the company's personnel.

Uber pointed out that the company was taking seriously the safety, especially after the accident, where it was shown that the employee driving while watching a television show during that the vehicle was self-driving, where many experts also believe that the employee could avoid the accident if he had been paying attention to the

It is important to note that the National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) has not issued a final statement on the case, so we do not know if Uber could be forced to stop testing in all cities for a certain period of time in case he is found guilty of the accident and mortal.