Ducey applies the brakes to Uber testing in Arizona

In a letter to Uber’s CEO, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said that he was suspending the company’s ability to test self-driving cars on Arizona public roads. /Zombieite via Flickr

By Joseph Flaherty | Phoenix New Times

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey informed Uber’s CEO in a letter on Monday that he was suspending the tech company’s tests of self-driving cars on Arizona roads after a pedestrian was killed on March 18.

Ducey said that he has directed the Arizona Department of Transportation to suspend Uber’s ability to test its vehicles on public roadways. In his letter to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Ducey called the fatal crash “an unquestionable failure” for public safety.

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