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It has been awhile since this happened, but at the time I thought the video showed that the woman came out between two cars right before the Volvo hit her. Per

It has been awhile since this happened, but at the time I thought the video showed that the woman came out between two cars right before the Volvo hit her. Perhaps more information came out during the indictment, but there has been many cases in the past where even drunk drivers were cleared of the more serious charges when it was determined that even an attentive driver wouldn't have had enough time to avoid a crash. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

anoncareer0212 6y ago
No, unfortunately, and the driver missed her over 1.5 lanes - it's extremely egregious https://youtu.be/51HQ5JXIvWw https://youtu.be/51HQ5JXIvWw
stefan_ 6y ago
You mean the video of a dashcam Uber released to deliberately make it appear as if it was pitch-black and this women came into frame like a second before impact? No, indeed it turns out this is a very well lit, wide open area and your eyes would have had no problem seeing and predicting her path from many many feet away. As of course could the $$$ industrial cams Uber actually uses to inform its vision.
- bzb5 6y ago
  Are you suggesting Uber maliciously edited the dashcam video to hide the jaywalker? Or that a better, human-readable (ie not raw sensor data) version of the video exists and Uber has not released it?
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    I think OP is referencing how cameras (especially the cheap ones used in dash cams) don’t do a good job in lowlight conditions.
  - molf 6y ago
    Yes, it appears that Uber may have edited the video. Even if they didn't edit it and just used a very shitty dashcam, it's still incredibly misleading. There are no alternate versions of the dashcam available. However, there are comparisons of the same location made by other drivers that make it pretty clear this is a fairly well-lit stretch of road. [1] It looks nothing like the released Uber footage. [1]: 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-...
uptown 6y ago
This article adds some more context to the lighting situation: 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-...
IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
If you know you knowledge of the situation is limited, why do you feel the need to post about it without even a cursory attempt to verify? Or is this just an attempt to get away with spreading misinformation? In any case: according to police "[the victim] would have been visible to 85% of motorists at a distance of 143 feet (44 m), 5.7 seconds before the car struck [her]" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg#Distraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg#Distr...)

anoncareer0212 6y ago

No, unfortunately, and the driver missed her over 1.5 lanes - it's extremely egregious https://youtu.be/51HQ5JXIvWw https://youtu.be/51HQ5JXIvWw

stefan_ 6y ago

You mean the video of a dashcam Uber released to deliberately make it appear as if it was pitch-black and this women came into frame like a second before impact? No, indeed it turns out this is a very well lit, wide open area and your eyes would have had no problem seeing and predicting her path from many many feet away. As of course could the $$$ industrial cams Uber actually uses to inform its vision.

bzb5 6y ago
Are you suggesting Uber maliciously edited the dashcam video to hide the jaywalker? Or that a better, human-readable (ie not raw sensor data) version of the video exists and Uber has not released it?
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  I think OP is referencing how cameras (especially the cheap ones used in dash cams) don’t do a good job in lowlight conditions.
- molf 6y ago
  Yes, it appears that Uber may have edited the video. Even if they didn't edit it and just used a very shitty dashcam, it's still incredibly misleading. There are no alternate versions of the dashcam available. However, there are comparisons of the same location made by other drivers that make it pretty clear this is a fairly well-lit stretch of road. [1] It looks nothing like the released Uber footage. [1]: 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-...

uptown 6y ago

This article adds some more context to the lighting situation: 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-...

IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago

If you know you knowledge of the situation is limited, why do you feel the need to post about it without even a cursory attempt to verify? Or is this just an attempt to get away with spreading misinformation? In any case: according to police "[the victim] would have been visible to 85% of motorists at a distance of 143 feet (44 m), 5.7 seconds before the car struck [her]" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg#Distraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg#Distr...)