U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former Uber self-driving head

Re:U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former U... by credit_guy on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:46PM (#23990228)

I was thinking I'd read that the head of the Uber self-driving car division at the time of the killing of Elaine Herzberg [1] is being pursued by prosecutors for her wrongful death.

Instead, it's about some IP stuff.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg

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Re:U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former U... by Simulacra on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:04PM (#23990965)

From what I see in a cursory search, the back-up driver Rafaela Vasquez of the self-driving car that killed Elaine Herzberg was looking at their phone most of the time, which led to the fatal crash. I can't seem to find anything about this person being charged with anything. IANAL: Would this not be involuntary manslaughter at least?

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Re:U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former U... by ohples on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:08PM (#23991012)

Please don't use the word "accident" here. There was clearly negligence involved.

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Re:U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former U... by justSayin000001 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @06:09PM (#23992132)

They are mutually exclusive, and both work in this case. You may not like it, but by definition they both work.

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Re:U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former U... by chrismcb on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:34AM (#23995015)

Unless it was done on purpose, then it was an accident. Negligence can be involved in an accident.

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Re:U.S. prosecutors seek 27 months imprisonment for former U... by Simulacra on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:44PM (#23991398)

Thank you for pointing that out, I agree, and updated.

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