OT Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

Of course they are at fault. Just like when I ran over and killed a kid chasing a ball that one time.

Oh wait, I saw the kids playing ball by the road and slowed way down below the speed limit and had time to stop when the kid ran in front of me.

These cars aren't there yet.

 

I wonder if Drunky McDriversteen could get cut such slack in the same situation?

 

Let me just say that from the companies that invest in self-driving technology, this happening to Uber does not shock me. If it happened to a Google car, I would be really surprised.

 

It's a male issue, not a dog issue. If you were not so proud you could ask the GPS how to take you to PetSmart.

 

If there's a place he needs to go it is PetSMART.

 

Saw the video. I would say that based on the video I give myself about a 5 percent chance of having avoided it. Maybe a 10 percent chance of clipping the bike and maybe only critically injuring the pedestrian. The passenger in the vehicle was just that, a passenger. Not watching shit.

The chance is only that low because anything other than being focused on the road at the exact moment the pedestrian comes into view and wham.

Both hands on the wheel and eyes on the road COMPLETELY, she would live.

Just changing the radio station or drinking some water at the right moment and she's dead.

 

Fake news.

Here's the dashcam.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/21/dashcam-video-deadly-self-driving-uber-crash-released.html

Any competent human driver would have braked in time to avoid contact.

 

Just the video. Watch it in the dark.


Just watched Maris' link and seemed brighter but I've had the lights off for an hour. Eyes adjusted to the dark?

 

I'd even say the chance of avoiding it changed every ten years. I know I'm not as attentive at 43 than at 23 or even 33. I've been trying to pay more attention anyway, this helps.

 

In Oregon, it's a legal crosswalk as long as the nearest intersection is far enough away. I forget how far away that is. 500 ft.? 300 ft.?

Also, you have to be alert to pedestrians even if they do something dumb.

 

https://www.cnet.com/news/ubers-sel...-roads-after-fatal-crash/?ftag=CAD-03-10aaj8j

Uber's self-driving cars return to public roads after fatal crash

After a nine-month hiatus, Uber says, its autonomous vehicles are now safer

 

That's a Praying Mantis. Close, but not the same.

 

Self flying planes are coming folks.

 

I thought new cars had a feature that prevents the car from running into a pedestrian. I looked at a new Volvo back in about 2007 that had a feature they advertised as automatically applying the brakes so it was virtually impossible to hit a pedestrian.