Toyota halts self-driving car tests

Posted online March 21, 2018 | 7:38 am

Toyota has temporarily halted its self-driving car tests after an autonomous vehicle operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian.

The Sunday accident in Tempe, Arizona, prompted Uber to stop autonomous vehicle tests in Tempe, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto.

“We’ve told our drivers to take a couple of days off so we can assess the situation,” said Rick Bourgoise, a Toyota spokesman.

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