How Uber’s Self-Driving System Failed to Brake and Avoid Killing Elaine Herzberg
The self-driving system detected Elaine Herzberg six seconds before impact, but Uber had tuned the emergency braking feature to be too insensitive to respond in time. Image: NTSB
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