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An accident might have been unavoidable, but fatality is the big question. The risk of pedestrian fatality jumps by ~4x between 30mph and 40mph.[0] So the quest
by bitcurious 9y ago
An accident might have been unavoidable, but fatality is the big question. The risk of pedestrian fatality jumps by ~4x between 30mph and 40mph.[0] So the question is - did the car start breaking as soon as possible?
As an aside, that statistic is why I never speed in pedestrian zones.
https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/relationship_between_speed_risk_fatal_injury_pedestrians_and_car_occupants_richards.pdf https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/relationship_between_speed_risk_...
- dragonwriter 9y ago> did the car start breaking as soon as possible? “braking”; “breaking” is something else, and not a desirable response.
- hndamien 9y ago"breaking" implies it was "working" in the first place.
- hndamien 9y agoWow, tough crowd. Is this on? `tap`, `tap`, `tap`
- IncRnd 9y agoIt's warm HN bottled, not on tap.
- hndamien 9y agoSo 3 HN readers walk into a bar. The first guy says "I'll have a larger". The second HN reader says, "You actually mean a "lager", "larger" would mean a bigger drink". The third HN reader sees the raging alcoholic and the grammar police and the comedy judges and says "Make sure you get a safe ride home, but not in an autonomous Uber, because apparently "Working" includes running over pedestrians. Alternatively, just stay here and sober up after your excessively large pint. It is comedy night tonight; but seriously the humour is F- at best."
- hndamien 9y agoG-
- sulam 9y agoBased on the NTSB pictures of the vehicle as well as police statements, it doesn’t seem that the vehicle tried to brake.