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Following a fatal accident over the weekend involving a self-driving Uber vehicle, Toyota has announced it will temporarily stop its own autonomous-driving program in the United States. Last Sunday night, a self-driving car operated by Uber hit and killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, in Tempe, Arizona. She is believed to be the first pedestrian killed by a self-driving car. Toyota, which has been testing its fully autonomous system in California and Michigan through its US research institute, says it will not stop the program in the country of Japan.

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