The city of Tempe is located in the East Valley section of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It was there that Elaine Herzberg, a 49-year-old Phoenix native, was fatally struck by a Volvo XC90 operating in self-driving mode. The vehicle belonged to Uber, and was fitted with an Uber Advanced Technologies Group’s self-driving vehicle system. The ride-hailing company had been trialling the vehicles on the road in the area since August 2016, taking advantage of the state’s permissive regulatory framework.
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