Toyota pauses self-driving car testing amid Uber accident

Toyota has suspended its'Chauffeur' self-driving car tests on public roads in the US, following the first ever death involving a fully autonomous vehicle. Citing Sunday evening's tragic incident, in which a Volvo SUV in autonomous mode struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, the firm says it is pausing the program with its test drivers' emotional well-being in mind, according to Bloomberg. At the time of the crash, a human backup driver was sitting behind the wheel to supervise the self-driving Uber's operations. Toyota has suspended its self-driving car tests following the first death involving an autonomous vehicle. Rafaela Vasquez was behind the wheel of the self-driving Volvo SUV which struck 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg.