Uber escapes criminal charges for 2018 self-driving death in Arizona

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21 points·howard941··6 comments

>"After a very thorough review of all evidence presented, this office has determined that there is no basis for criminal liability for the Uber corporation,"

This is disgusting. Reckless behavior by a corporation directly led to the death of an individual, with video evidence, and yet society gets no justice.

I am concerned to continue to live in this abhorrent country. There is no justice for anything anymore. What the hell do we do?

I get that you are emotional but that is a baseless statement. It sounds like your opinion is formed by headlines, which are intended to evoke an emotional response. Please go educate yourself.

That's a pretty baseless and assumption filled statement itself!. I've followed this since the original accident.

If you have a reason to believe that what Uber did was not reckless manslaughter, then discuss that

Ok, the driver is still being held responsible, which is correct. Sure the braking system failed but the driver was supposed to be there to correct the situation. This the right decision. If the car was fully autonomous then i would agree with you.

The braking system did not fail, both volvo's stock braking system, and Uber's own system were turn off. Uber's self driving software tried to command a braking maneuver over 1.5 seconds before impact, but did not have the authority to do so, as Uber engineers had turned off the functionality due to annoying (or possibly unsafe) false alarms.

A disabled braking system, and drivers who had grown so complacent they were watching “The Voice” instead of paying attention. Seems questionable.

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