An Uber car had an altercation with another vehicle about 6:30 PM last Saturday. The minor accident happened in Tempe Arizona. It's a good thing that the self-driving Uber car has no back seat passengers.
According to the news, the Uber car was traversing McClintock Drive when another car making a left turn along Don Carlos Drive failed to give way. The two cars collided and the Uber car rolled over to its side because of the incident.
There was an Uber car driver at the time of the accident but the car was in its self-drive mode. No major injuries were sustained because of the collision. Witnesses also recounted that the other car caused the accident.
In the aftermath of the Uber car accident, it was reported that Uber temporarily suspended its driverless program in Arizona, Pittsburgh, and other areas it had piloted the program while the thorough investigation of the incident is being done. However, after it was found out that Uber was not at fault in the incident, Business Insider reported.
The car company resumed it operations beginning Monday afternoon. It was also reported that the other vehicle was given a moving violation.
When Uber started the program in Pittsburgh last year, high expectations on the success of the program were circulation. However, the company admitted that a human touch is still needed under certain situations. This is not the first time that a self-driving car was involved in an accident.
According to The Verge, Uber cars were testing its self-driving cars in Arizona because the state has lesser requirements compared to California. Although the cars are back on the road in San Francisco, it clarified that this is for mapping purposes only. It mentioned that these cars are registered and also, they are planning to complete the process of application to get its DMV Testing permit.
It can be recalled that Uber ran into a problem with California DMV. It happened when Uber cars failed to get a license for its autonomous-vehicles. The Volvo XC90 SUV was supposed to be used for that plan.
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