{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/arizona-driver-in-fatal-autonomous-uber-crash-in-2018-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-probation/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Arizona driver in fatal autonomous Uber crash in 2018 pleads guilty, sentenced to probation","slug":"arizona-driver-in-fatal-autonomous-uber-crash-in-2018-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-probation","createdLocal":"2023-07-29 14:30:55.347958","publishDate":"2023-07-28 00:00:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2023/07/28/rafaela-vasquez-pleads-guilty-in-in-fatal-uber-self-driving-crash-killed-pedestrian-elaine-herzberg/70488361007/"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>The safety driver behind the wheel of an autonomous Uber that crashed into and killed a pedestrian in 2018 pleaded guilty to one count of endangerment and was sentenced to three years of probation Friday morning.\nThe case is the first involving an autonomous vehicle that killed a person it hit.\nAutonomous vehicle presence grows in Phoenix, nationallyThe case captivated national attention as the first autonomous vehicle to collide with and kill a pedestrian.\nThe Uber vehicle was operating at a level of autonomy known as level 3.\nMercedes-Benz announced in January that it would sell a level 3 autonomous vehicle, where the owner is essentially the safety driver.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"arizona-driver-in-fatal-autonomous-uber-crash-in-2018-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-probation"}}}