For one, because self-driving cars are supposed to be better than humans at seeing in the dark with all sorts of sensors - otherwise what would be the point of

For one, because self-driving cars are supposed to be better than humans at seeing in the dark with all sorts of sensors - otherwise what would be the point of even allowing them on the road? From the NYT article it seems that Uber's self-driving car systems may have terrible performance. Worse than humans performance is very likely at this point, especially when they seem to have this attitude towards self-driving cars: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/20/17144090/uber-car-accident-arizona-safety-anthony-levandowski-waymo https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/20/17144090/uber-car-acciden... Also, either Uber may have potato cameras worse than a smartphone camera, or someone made that Uber video look so dark: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-victim-came-from-the-shadows-dont-believe-it/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-...