Victim of self-driving Uber accident could be to blame, expert says

Tempe police have released two angles of a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV and a pedestrian on March 18, 2018. A self-driving Uber vehicle fatally struck a woman Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Tempe. PHOENIX -- The woman who was hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle this week in Arizona could be blamed for the incident, an expert said. Video released Wednesday of Sunday's accident in Tempe, Ariz., shows the car not appearing to brake or steer away from pedestrian Elaine Herzberg, 49, as she walked across an open lane and in front of the car. Herzberg appeared to be looking away from the oncoming vehicle, while an in-car camera shows Uber driver Rafaela Vasquez looking down at something below the dashboard, out of view of the camera, before the collision.