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Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian
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RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian
(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.
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Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by vorlon13 - March 19, 2018 at 4:35 pm
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Jackalope - March 20, 2018 at 1:07 pm
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Sal - March 20, 2018 at 5:57 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Silver - March 20, 2018 at 10:14 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by johan - March 23, 2018 at 8:32 pm
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by johan - March 24, 2018 at 7:06 pm
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by johan - March 24, 2018 at 8:10 pm
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by johan - March 25, 2018 at 3:18 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by johan - March 25, 2018 at 10:57 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by johan - March 27, 2018 at 8:39 pm
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by brewer - March 28, 2018 at 11:16 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by brewer - March 28, 2018 at 11:20 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Aegon - March 28, 2018 at 9:13 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Aegon - March 28, 2018 at 10:09 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Silver - March 28, 2018 at 10:12 am
RE: Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian - by Aegon - March 28, 2018 at 10:13 am

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