Self driving Uber vehicle kills pedestrian

[johan]

The car was supposed to have been capable of recognizing the impending accident and avoiding it automatically.

There was, of course, no way that the pedestrian would have known what type of vehicle was heading her way.  In Tempe, at that time of night, a drunk would have been the far more likely operator.

True. But again, if it had be anything other than a self-driving car in self-driving mode, neither you nor I would have ever known about this woman's death much less seen video of it. This story has absolutely nothing to do with what the pedestrian saw or did.