27 January 2020 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 15 August 2023On 19 March, 2019, a woman was struck and killed by an Uber autonomous vehicle operating in Tempe, Arizona. The pedestrian was jaywalking at the time of the crash, the vehicle operator was distracted by her phone, and automated collision detection and braking systems supplied by the auto manufacturer were disabled by Uber. This case study is part of our analysis of historical software accidents and errors. To make the situation more disheartening, the self-driving software identified the pedestrian “object” 5.6 seconds before impact. Because the system did not …
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