AS CBS 2 LISA ROZNER
REPORTS, IT IS RAISING CONCERNS
ANT THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY.
49-YEAR-OLD ELAINE KILLED IN
TEMPE, ARIZONA BY A SELF-DRIVING
UBER TAXI.
POLICE SAY SHE WAS HIT WHEN SHE
STEPPED ONTO A BUSY ROAD WITH
HER BICYCLE.
THE PEDESTRIAN WAS OUTSIDE OF
A CROSSWALK SO IT WAS MID BLOCK,
AND AS SOON AS SHE WALKED INTO
THE LANE OF TRAFFIC, SHE WAS
STRUCK.
THE VEHICLE WAS IN AUTONOMOUS
MODE, BUT IT DID HAVE A SAFETY
DRIVER ON BOARD.
POLICE SAY IT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN.
UBER TODAY PUT THE BRAKES
ON ALL ROAD TESTING OF ITS
SELF-DRIVING CARS.
THE INCIDENT THAT JUST
HAPPENED, I THINK MORE OF THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT HERE IN NEW YORK,
RESEARCH CONTINUES.
GOVERNOR CUOMO'S OFFICE
CONFIRMED PEOPLE ARE NAVIGATING
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THIS LOWER
MANHATTAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF
TESTING THE CAR'S GPS.
A SPOKESMAN SAYS PUBLIC SAFETY
IS OUR NO.
1 PRIORITY, AND WE
WILL, OF COURSE, REVIEW THE
FINDINGS OF THE NTSB'S
INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRAGIC
CRASH IN ARIZONA.
PAPERWORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDINGS SHOWS GM CRUISE, A
DRIVERLESS CAR COMPANY, PLANS TO
LEASE SPACE AT 250 HUDSON STREET
IN TRIBECA.
THIS IS THE KIND OF
TECHNOLOGY THAT ONLY GETS BETTER
THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARKETS IS
NEW YORK CITY BECAUSE THERE'S
HIGH SPENDING POWER.
THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU
WANT TO OWN A CAR.
IN NEW YORK CITY, THERE ARE
MANY UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS LIKE
DOUBLE PARKED CARS, VEHICLES
THAT RUN RED LIGHTS, JAYWALKERS.
MANY WORRY THAT SELF-DRIVING
VEHICLES WON'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE
THAT.
THERE'S ROOM FOR ERROR IN ALL
THOSE SITUATIONS.
MY IPAD DOESN'T EVEN WORK EVERY
TIME I WANT TO PUSH -- TAP THE
SCREEN.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
DEFINITELY SAFER, I THINK, THAN
SOME OF OUR CAB DRIVERS.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE
EXPECTED TO MAKE UP 25% OF THE
GLOBAL AUTO MARKET IN THE NEXT
TWO DECADES.
