Autonomous car death accident 5.6 seconds before the collision was not recognized as a pedestrian, November 20, 18:50
In the pedestrian fatal accident caused by Uber, a major US dispatcher, during an autonomous driving test, the transportation authorities were unable to activate the automatic braking system in the emergency, and the assistant driver was distracted by the mobile phone. Announcing the results of the survey.
A major dispatcher Uber in March of Arizona in the United States in March last year caused a fatal accident that hit a pedestrian during an autonomous driving test, and the US NTSB = National Transport Safety Commission The cause was investigated and the result was announced on the 19th.
According to it, the test vehicle was equipped with a system that automatically brakes in an emergency, but it did not work in the event of an accident, and the automatic driving system detected a pedestrian ahead 5.6 seconds before the collision Nevertheless, it was not recognized as a pedestrian.
In the test, an assistant driver was sitting in the driver's seat in preparation for an emergency, but he was distracted by his mobile phone and was not looking forward.
For this reason, the transport authorities are asking companies that conduct driving tests for autonomous driving on public roads to reassess and submit safety measures and to check the contents regularly. Become.