Source: Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times ( Free Registration )

Arizona officials saw opportunity when Uber and other companies began testing driverless cars a few years ago. Promising to keep oversight light, they invited the companies to test their robotic vehicles on the state’s roads. Then on Sunday night, an autonomous car operated by Uber—and with an emergency backup driver behind the wheel—struck and killed a woman on a street in Tempe, AZ.

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