The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety criticized Uber for turning off Volvo's collision-avoidance technology in the XC90 sport utility vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on March 18. (Photo: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) – The Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving test vehicle that killed a pedestrian in Arizona earlier this year may have been able to avoid the crash had the ride-hailing company not disabled Volvo Cars' safety system, according to a safety group.
In a report Tuesday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety criticized Uber for turning off Volvo's collision-avoidance technology in the XC90 sport utility vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Tempe on March 18. The insurer group's chief research officer, David Zuby, vouched for the effectiveness of Volvo's system, saying it would have prevented or mitigated the crash.
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