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 <%$Linker:2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external Bloomberg.falsehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-19/driverless-bus-hits-pedestrian-in-vienna-interrupting-trialsfalsefalse%>

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

According to Bloomberg, state broadcaster <%$Linker:2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external ORFfalsehttps://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Wien-heute/70018/Wien-heute/14020213falsefalse%> 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:2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external The Vergefalsehttps://www.theverge.com/2019/7/19/20700482/navya-self-driving-driverless-bus-vienna-collision-pedestrianfalsefalse%>, 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.