WASHINGTON – The co-founder of ride hailing company Lyft Inc. said on Tuesday a fatal collision in which an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle struck a pedestrian could have been prevented.
“I don’t know all the specifics. I did see the video. It did look like both the tech and the driver could have or should have prevented that. But I don’t know all the details,” Lyft co-founder John Zimmer told a small group of reporters during a visit to Washington.
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