Uber Crash Shows Human Traits in Self-Driving Software
Company's self-driving SUV 'just wanted to beat the light,' eyewitness tells police
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A recent crash involving an Uber Technologies Inc. driverless car suggests autonomous software sometimes takes the same risks as the humans it may one day replace.
The accident on Friday in Tempe, Arizona, caused no major injuries. Another human-driven car turning left failed to yield, hit the Uber car and flipped it on its side. After a short pause, the company's self-driving test fleet was back on public roads in Tempe, Pittsburgh and San Francisco early this week.