Someone recorded driving the same section of road at night using a cell phone camera and you can see how much better that camera reproduces the real-world visib

Someone recorded driving the same section of road at night using a cell phone camera and you can see how much better that camera reproduces the real-world visibility of the situation: https://youtu.be/1XOVxSCG8u0?t=26 https://youtu.be/1XOVxSCG8u0?t=26 That stretch of road was not particularly poorly lit, the pedestrian would have been abundantly visible to anyone paying attention, and it should have been picked up by the Uber vehicle's vision system as well, let alone their sensor suite. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the pedestrian that got hit has crossed at that area many times in the past. There is actually a pedestrian crossing on the median there, but it is purely decorative and posted with signage saying not to use it. However, the area has pretty good sight lines down the road and it does seem to be well lit, so a pedestrian who cavalierly crosses through traffic would likely nevertheless have a very low chance of getting hit.