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>While this a serious f*up by Uber How do you know that? From my initial reading of the police report, the woman was jaywalking and ran out into the middle of
by dkonofalski 9y ago
>While this a serious f*up by Uber
How do you know that? From my initial reading of the police report, the woman was jaywalking and ran out into the middle of the street. I'm not even sure a human or autonomous driver would have been able to stop in time. The only tech that might have been able to is Waymo's since, based on the video they released, they have a radar lock on every pedestrian within a mile of the vehicle and they do predictive tracking to determine their position. Even then, it might have still not stopped in time.
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- JetSpiegel 9y agoIf self driving cars are only as safe as human drivers, why bother with spending billions to achieve status quo? Unless it is a pure capitalist move.
- dkonofalski 9y agoThey're far better than human drivers but that depends on the system. In my personal opinion, based on the sensor video that Waymo release a few weeks ago, their self-driving tech is far more focused on safety than Uber's and their vehicles are likely far safer than a human driver.
- tooltalk 9y agoI guess you are right. What I meant to say was it's a terrible PR for Uber, and a serious f*up if Uber was at fault.
- drb91 9y agoUber still has a responsibility to avoid hitting jaywalkers. I would be more sympathetic on a freway, but this seems negligent. If they can’t avoid hitting jaywalkers they need to keep testing in a less dangerous circumstance.
- dkonofalski 9y agoYou're making the mistaken assumption that this accident could have been avoided at all. While autonomous vehicles should have a higher threshold for responsibility than human drivers, it's not possible to expect them to never be involved in accidents. For all we know, the jaywalker ran right out into the road.
- tooltalk 9y agohave you watch the video provided by the Tempe police? The woman was jaywalking, but it was far from running out. This is something that Uber should have picked up.