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    NTSB: Uber Self-Driving Car Had Disabled Emergency Brake System Before Fatal Crash

    The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report said that sensors saw the victim. But Uber says it's the driver, not its system, that was supposed to intervene to avoid the collision.
    by Colin Dwyer May 24, 2018 2 minutes

    The Uber self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian two months ago in Tempe, Ariz., took note of the victim with its sensors, but its software did not engage the car's brakes to prevent the collision, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

    Investigators with the federal

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