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> According to Uber, emergency braking maneuvers are not enabled while the vehicle is under computer control, to reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior. The vehicle operator is relied on to intervene and take action. The system is not designed to alert the operator.

Wow. So the vehicle and these tests were run knowing full well that an accident like this would not be preventable. This isn't manslaughter, this is murder. Uber was letting its car drive without any safety systems, without even an alert driver behind the wheel because her job was to monitor the panel. Fuck me. Wow. They should never be allowed to operate another autonomous vehicle again. The ceo should go to fucking jail. Fucking murderers.



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