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> It's an unpopular opinion, but I believe the pedestrian caused this situation by putting themselves in a dangerous situation Interesting! What reasons do you
by the_grue 9y ago
> It's an unpopular opinion, but I believe the pedestrian caused this situation by putting themselves in a dangerous situation
Interesting! What reasons do you have to think this is an unpopular opinion? To me, it sounds like an obvious conclusion.
- CamperBob2 9y agoAs you're noticing, you get modded down to goatse.cx territory on here for suggesting that it might actually not be a good idea for pedestrians to step into traffic without looking. You also get nastygrams from the admins for posting what they judge to be off-topic material or flamebait. I don't get it either, but HN is what it is. Yes, this should have been an easily-avoidable accident for any autonomous vehicle that's permitted to use public roadways. No, no one has a good excuse for what happened, including Uber, its engineers, or its attending driver. Yes, the pedestrian was either intoxicated or suicidally stupid. No, the vehicle shouldn't have hit her, and yes, it's very unfortunate that it did. Now let's find out why it hit her and fix it. Because several other people probably died in human-caused auto accidents while I was typing this post.
- lostlogin 9y ago> Yes, the pedestrian was either intoxicated or suicidally stupid. Or they made a mistake or were distracted, like millions of people every day.
- CamperBob2 9y agoWatch the video. The victim was not "distracted."