Self-driving bus collides with pedestrian in Vienna

A self-driving bus trial in the Austrian capital Vienna has been halted after a collision between a vehicle and pedestrian, says Bloomberg. Authorities are now investing the cause of the incident which led to minor injuries. According to Bloomberg, state broadcaster ORF says the Navya vehicle was driving at 7.5 miles per hour when it hit the 30-year-old woman in the knee. In a statement given to The Verge, Navya said witnesses had seen the pedestrian wearing headphones and looking at a mobile phon
July 24, 2019 Read time: 1 min

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Authorities are now investing the cause of the incident which led to minor injuries.

According to Bloomberg, state broadcaster %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external ORF false https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Wien-heute/70018/Wien-heute/14020213 false false%> says the 8379 Navya vehicle was driving at 7.5 miles per hour when it hit the 30-year-old woman in the knee.

In a statement given to %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external The Verge false https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/19/20700482/navya-self-driving-driverless-bus-vienna-collision-pedestrian false false%>, Navya said witnesses had seen the pedestrian wearing headphones and looking at a mobile phone as she crossed the street and “walked against” the side of the bus.

The city began testing two driverless buses in the city on 6 June. It required a professional driver to be on-board during operation.

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