There aren't any other incidents on the record at this point, and Uber has already stressed an abundance of safety precautions. There's always a human driver as backup, and the vehicles are only allowed to drive at certain hours and on certain terrain. They're pre-programmed to accommodate street-specific issues, too, such as dangerous intersections. With that said, these early issues suggest that Uber still has some work to do. That fender-bender happened at an intersection notorious for rear-end accidents, and it's odd that map data didn't prevent turning on to a one-way street in the first place.

Also, these early rough spots raise questions about Uber's cooperation with Pittsburgh. The city doesn't have formal data sharing agreements with Uber, so it's not clear that one side or the other will always have up to date information on incidents or other concerns. The two might need to work more closely to make sure that every collision or wrong-way panic is accounted for.