In a statement, Toyota said: 'Accidents in Arizona may have an emotional impact on our testers. This short 'rest period' can give them time to adjust and understand their work. Existential intrinsic risk. '
At the same time, Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix, Arizona, stated that it is waiting for local police investigations on the accident and stated that the involved parties may be sued after the results come out. Officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are also participating in the accident investigation.
Late last night, Elaine Herzberg, a pedestrian who was crossing the road, was knocked down by a Volvo Uber driverless car in automatic driving mode. He was taken to the hospital and eventually died of invalid treatment. This was automatic. The first accidental crash in the driving area.
The accident caused widespread public concern about the safety of unmanned systems and expressed concerns about testing unmanned cars on public roads. According to data released by regulators, auto-driving cars have only occurred a very small number of times. In these small accidents, almost all of them were caused by humans hitting a self-driving car.
Arizona welcomes companies that develop driverless car technology and implements more relaxed regulations than other states in the United States. Last Tuesday, Mark Mitchell, local mayor of the incident in the outskirts of Phoenix. In a statement, the victim’s death in the accident was described as “sadly” and expressed support for the decision to suspend driverless car testing until Uber’s investigation was thoroughly investigated.
According to the mayor's office, there is currently no request for suspension of the test plan for other companies that conduct driverless car testing in the city.
The final investigation of the accident in Arizona was of great importance to companies preparing to carry out business such as driverless taxis and driverless trucks. These companies include General Motors Corporation and Waymo, the company owned by Alphabet. Call service providers Lyft, and Ford Motor Company.
Waymo announced earlier this month that it had operated a driverless driverless car in Arizona to provide rides for designated customers. General Motors has announced that it will launch an autonomously driven taxi developed by its Cruise division next year. business.
Analysts believe that this incident will delay the process of truly driving a driverless car. On Tuesday, Richard Windsor, a technology analyst at Edison Investment Research, a London-based market research organization, stated in a blog post: 'It can be seen from this accident that the maturity of autopilot technology (especially Uber) is still far from reaching the level of the mass consumer market'.