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After Tempe fatality, self-driving car developers must engage with public now or risk rejection

  • Written by Andrew Maynard, Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University
After Tempe fatality, self-driving car developers must engage with public now or risk rejectionAn autonomous vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian on March 18.ABC-15.com via AP

On Sunday evening, March 18, an Uber SUV hit and killed a pedestrian in the Arizona city of Tempe. In a place where vehicle-related pedestrian fatalities are unfortunately a regular occurrence, this shouldn’t have stood out as particularly unusual. But what...

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