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Uber autonomous test vehicle strikes and kills pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona

Uber's test vehicle failed to classify a woman walking a bicycle across a road at night and never braked; the NTSB blamed the system design, disabled emergency braking and the inattentive operator.

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