WELCOME BACK.
TONIGHT WHAT MANY HOPE WILL BE
THE CAR THE FUTURE ONE THAT
DRIVES ITSELF IS GOING NOWHERE.
IS OF DRIVING UBER TAXI HIT
AND KILLED A WOMAN.
THE FORCE OF THE FETAL
CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE
SELF DRIVING SUV.
IT WAS AN AUTONOMOUS MODE WITH
ERNIE -- ONLY A SAFETY DRIVER
BOARD.
PLEASE SAY THE 49-YEAR-OLD
VICTIM WAS WALKING A BICYCLE
ACROSS THE THOROUGHFARE
FREQUENTED BY PEDESTRIAN SUNDAY
NIGHT.
SHE WAS NOT IN A CROSSWALK.
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS
TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40
MILES PER HOUR.
OUR INVESTIGATION DID NOT SHOW
AT THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS
SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF THE
VEHICLE SLOWING DOWN.
THIS WAS THE FIRST KNOWN
FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE.
IN A STATEMENT NEW PERCENT OUR
HEARTS GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS
FAMILY AND WE ARE FULLY
COOPERATING WITH LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
LAST YEAR AN ESTIMATED 40,100
PEOPLE DIED IN TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS IN THE U.S. 94% OF
CRASHES ARE BLAMED ON HUMAN
ERROR AND SAFETY EXPERTS
BELIEVE SELF DRIVING CARS WILL
SIMPLY THE TO SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE THE NUMBERS.
-- -- SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE
NUMBERS.
GENERAL MOTORS IS BANKING ON
THE INDUSTRY TAKING ALL.
SELF DRIVING CARS HAVE HAPPENED
THEY TEND TO BE MINOR.
THIS CRASH SAW A UBER END UP ON
HIS SIDE.
THEIR RUNNING PILOT
PROGRAMS ARE PLANNING TO START
ONE DOZENS OF COMPANIES ARE
TESTING SELF DRIVING CARS.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT
BACK BY THAT PLEASE SIGN THAT
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A GOOD
DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE
CROSSWALK IS THAT THEY
STOPLIGHT.
THE NTSB IS ON SCENE AND THEY
WILL HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS
AMONG THEM THE ROLE OF THE
ONBOARD SAFETY DRIVER WHO WAS
SUPPOSED TO STEP IN.
COULD ANY VEHICLE HAVE STOPPED
TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT?
