VIENNA: A test of driverless buses has been halted in Vienna after a woman distracted by her smartphone walked into the side of one of the mini-buses as it was moving, the city’s transport authority said Friday.

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The woman had been wearing headphones and looking at her phone when the accident happened on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Austrian capital’s public transport company said, citing witnesses.

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The mini-bus, which travels at no more than 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) per hour and had a supervisor on board as the service was still being tested, stopped by itself after the woman walked into it and emergency services were informed automatically.

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The woman, who was around 30 years old, sustained scratches on her knee and was treated at the scene.

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“We are investigating how this could happen. Safety is our priority,” the spokeswoman told AFP.

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She could not say when the trial would resume.

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The tests of the vehicles, made by the French company Navya, started in June in the newly developed suburb of Seestadt Aspern and had been due to run for a year.

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The buses had been serving a route of 2.2 kilometres comprising 10 stops, one of which was a station on the city’s subway system.

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AFP

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