[image] Uber Self-Driving Car Struck and Killed Arizona Woman While in Autonomous Mode Last night a woman was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona. She later died of her injuries in the hospital.

Seems like there’s the possibility of Uber being held criminally liable: [image] Why Uber Could Be Held Criminally Liable In Fatal Crash Involving Autonomous Car... Under an executive order signed this month by Arizona’s governor, Uber could be held criminally liable for a fatal crash in…

Given the faster reaction time of the autonomous car, the accident was likely unavoidable by a driven car or the autonomous car. Physics is physics. If it takes 30 feet to stop and the pedestrian is 20 feet away, well… A human takes longer to react than the automated system and the problem should be…

[image] Waterbuff: The lack of surprise might be suggesting a pre-acceptance of such accidental deaths in the future. Much as we have a similar lack of surprise when a human-piloted car runs someone over. It happens. It’s going to happen, no matter who or what is driving. Making 2,000 pound …

[image] shadowfax: Much as we have a similar lack of surprise when a human-piloted car runs someone over. It happens. It’s going to happen, no matter who or what is driving. Maybe you missed my point, so here it is again: “For Uber to be using such a vehicle, I expect the vehicle and system …

[image] Waterbuff: Maybe you missed my point, so here it is again: “For Uber to be using such a vehicle, I expect the vehicle and system to have been tested enough that such an accidental death would be a great unexpected shock.” I saw it. Did you miss mine? It would be a great unexpected sh…

[image] Waterbuff: “For Uber to be using such a vehicle, I expect the vehicle and system to have been tested enough that such an accidental death would be a great unexpected shock.” It IS testing. They are in the next phase of testing. Autonomous vehicle with a backup driver. At some point th…

Currently about 5400 pedestrian deaths occur every year and about half of them are drunk; https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/pedestrian_safety/index.html I’d guess only a fraction can even be affected by autonomous cars. Again, the physics of the situation is in force. Lack of stopping distanc…

It’s just kind of interesting how these things are spun. We have all been in driving situations where we spot kids playing with a ball down the street, or a kid on a wobbly bike in a driveway, etc. and taken defensive measures. Just had one yesterday where a small kid on his bike wobbled down the …

One thing is for sure, this will be one of the most photographed accidents and there won’t be any lack of evidence because of the number of cameras on the Uber vehicle. One depiction on the morning news showed her walking her bicycle across the street and not in a crosswalk. It showed her in a con…

[image] bing: Computers do not do this so why can’t we at least accept the fact that computer drivers sometimes aren’t as good as human drivers? Who says they don’t? In fact they do. There’s software that is doing that. It’s analyzing what it sees ahead and making predictions on what might ha…

Last night a woman was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona

General Discussion

MikeInNH March 20, 2018, 5:48pm 20

It IS testing. They are in the next phase of testing. Autonomous vehicle with a backup driver. At some point this type of testing needed to be done. The question is - was this phase too soon? Not sure. 2 years ago I didn’t think they were. But this technology is changing real fast. An autonomous vehicle with no driver is still 10+ years away.

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