The first
known pedestrian fatality involving a fully autonomous self - driving car will most likely raise questions about the vehicles» safety.
For Tesla, there is one fatality, including
known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware.
Not exact matches
Uber's self - driving car in Tempe, Arizona, struck and killed a
pedestrian Sunday night (March 18), marking the first
known fatality of a...
Queens Boulevard, once
known as the «Boulevard of Death» in NYC tabloids, has not seen a
pedestrian fatality in three years, and has become a centerpiece of the mayor's Vision Zero traffic safety campaign.
The on topic Q&A included redesign plans for other streets, especially Queens Boulevard, why the administration attributes the reduction in
pedestrian fatalities to Vision Zero and not to regular year - to - year variances, how the administration actually
knows that driving speeds are reduced, why so few street redesign projects have been done on Staten Island, data for any changes in safety at this E.Tremont / Silver Street intersection, why Commissioner Bratton did not attend, why there are few speeding and failure to yield tickets issued in this (45th) precinct, the negative effect of speed bumps on emergency response vehicles, plans for marking and painting of roads, whether the mayor will seek additional red light camera authorizations from the state legislature, the paucity of criminal prosecutions against drivers who kill
pedestrians and an estimate of money received from speed camera tickets.
The Uber self - driving car was in autonomous mode at the time of the accident, and it is the first
known fatality of a
pedestrian involving a self - driving car.