Uber drives automatically car bumps a pedestrian terminal case had preliminary findings.
On May 8, according to report of The Information of American news website, the Uber that happened at city of admire of level of American Arizona state March this year nobody drive the car bumps a pedestrian in terminal case, uber maintains likely happening the detector that the reason is car has detected pedestrian, but the software system of Uber did not make response in time decision-making.
The picture that police provides shows, one female is driven automatically to check car to bump by Uber before dying, software already " see " victim. Visual China data
This year in March, a woman that is promoting bicycle cross driveway is driven automatically to check car to bump by Uber die, be considered as drive automatically car the first accident that bumps into a pedestrian to bring about its to die, immediately Uber open is investigated.
The report of The Information says, of Uber drive automatically software is capable to distinguish the object that give road to go up and cannot become real obstacle, the polybag that floats on the driveway for example.
Uber discovers in investigation, nobody drive in car " perception " it is normal that software part may be run, will photograph the data union that resembles head and lidar to rise distinguish an object all round, in this one case, software already " see " victim, the problem goes how to handle these information in the system.
According to report of Recode of website of news of American science and technology, drive automatically normally the careful degree when the company can face roadblock to software undertakes adjustment, when it is so not mature to wait for a technology when visual identifying and understanding object, normally software can be adjusted for very careful, this also brings about car to need often brake stops exploration road week.
But in this one case, uber company side thinks, the system of the company was passed a few adjust, as a result decreases at the reaction to this kind of object, the purpose is to decrease to sign up for by accident. Uber meets his adjust a system to also have a reason: What this company is trying to develop to suit to take is automatic drive car. Under photograph comparing, the Cruise of the Waymo that Gu Ge fastens and general motors drives automatically car often is below the circumstance that does not have any menace sudden skid, this often is car to circumjacent environment fraise sign up for by accident.
But, adjust too quickly make car cannot have reaction quickly, uber drives automatically car fails finally to make decision-making response quickly after monitoring the victim to the road.
Meanwhile, the safety on car member, ought take-over before accident happening car happens with averting follow-up tragedy, but she is in car be about to when dash against victim, did not focus attention.
Whether does not clear Uber meet pair of drivers take action at present, uber introduces in a statement before this, this safe driver still is the employee of Uber. Current, the company has reached finance affairs to compensate for an agreement with the victim's family member.
Accident investigation is carriage commission of Uber and American state safety (NTSB) undertake jointly, although Uber had reached a few conclusion, but security of state of predicting United States carries committee (NTSB) findings report will be more detailed.
Uber nobody drive car bumps a pedestrian terminal case is huge to the influence of Uber itself and industry. After traffic accident happening, uber has been prohibited undertaking in Arizona city the road is measured, be rejected to update its to check licence in California.
