(March 19, 2018 at 11:11 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Self driving cars are actually very good. They have been around for a while now, this is the first case of a death.
What I really want to know is why the human driver didn’t brake. The whole reason there’s still a human behind the wheel is to act when the car fails. There’s clearly still work to do, but we also shouldn’t overreact to one case.
I heard a report on this in public radio this morning. Initial indications are that the pedestrian entered the roadway (not in a crosswalk) directly in the path of the vehicle and that the driver said that there was literally no time to react.
I think it's premature to draw conclusions but it's entirely possible that the outcome would have been no different if a human being had been in control of the vehicle at all times.
