Uber quickly resumes self-driving tests despite weekend traffic crash [Updated]

Enlarge / Uber is hitting the big red "Stop" button after a crash in Tempe, Ariz., left one of its self-driving Volvos beached on its side. (credit: ANGELO MERENDINO/AFP/Getty Images)

Update (3/27, 12:55p ET):That didn't take very long-according to Engadget, Uber resumed autonomous testing on Monday morning. The company had previously told Reuters it would be suspending the program while Uber looked into a weekend crash involving a self-driving car. Our original story from earlier today is below.

Original story: Uber is having a tough time lately. Its CEO went viral arguing with a driver, and its president has just thrown in the towel. In the past few weeks, the ride-hailing service has been mired in sexual abuse scandals, subject to a consumer boycott, and accused of stealing self-driving secrets. Uber probably wishes the last of those items was the complete extent of its self-induced self-driving headache. But now, a crash on the streets of Tempe, Arizona left an autonomous test vehicle on its side and Uber's self-driving program suspended according to Reuters.

BREAKING: Self-driving Uber vehicle on it's side after a collision in Tempe, AZ.

Photos by @fresconews user Mark Beach pic.twitter.com/5NCF2KG0rW

- Fresco News (@fresconews) March 25, 2017

The vehicle-a Volvo XC90-was driving autonomously with a pair of Uber engineers up front but no passengers, when another vehicle failed to yield. No one was seriously injured, and the incident occurred on a stretch of road that locals say "isn't very safe."

Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments