I knew this was an accident waiting to happen.

[dryheat]

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/26/technology/arizona-suspends-uber-self-driving-cars/index.html

They will have the bugs worked out eventually, but I still think its a goofy idea. She was walking across in the middle of the block in the dark. She might have gotten hit by a "regular' car but still...

[JB White]

Merely collateral damage in pursuit of the greater good. No need to worry. *pffft*

[Sunray]

The Uber mobile's sensors failed to see her in the middle of the block, in the dark. A human mostly likely would have noticed the movement.

[Ken The Kanuck]

I am constantly amazed with the people who walk around the roads in the dark in dark clothing, throw in a bit of rain and they are puttng their lives at risk.

KTK

[S.A. Boggs]

I am constantly amazed with the people who walk around the roads in the dark in dark clothing, throw in a bit of rain and they are puttng their lives at risk.

KTK

Watch a student walking and talking and there is an accident waiting to happen. I have had them walk out right in front of me, not bothering to look in any direction oblivious to their AO.
Sam

[Vern Humphrey]

Nevertheless, the car should have detected her. The failure to do so tells us there's a flaw in the system.

[clintonhater]

One less bicycle asshole to dodge.

[Johnny P]

They will work great when the car and everything outside the car uses the same guidance system.

[Tom Trevor]

Watch the video fron the car on the news. The person in the car WAKES up a second before it hits her. The facial expression is priceless.

[dryheat]

I've seen twice mentioned that she was homeless(note the plastic bag on the handlebars). A case of, worth more dead than alive. A wop-bop-a-loo-wop lawsuit. The creepy relatives will show up now.

[Major Tom]

I love it when people who are texting and walk into a swimming pool! 8-)

[clintonhater]

I love it when people who are texting and walk into a swimming pool! 8-)

Much better than that when their car hits a tree, telephone pole, bridge abutment, etc.; one less public enemy.

[bruce]

Autonomous cars will come to the market. At some point, the technology will be cheap enough that it will be the norm. People will get used to it just like they did when they went from shift transmissions to automatics. Nowadays you can't hardly find a shift on a car lot. Virtually no one wants one. The automatics are now superior in just about every possible way. Even over the road tractors use automatic transmissions. When we headed out on a call the other night the pumper we were on had a automatic transmission. It'll be the same with autonomous vehicles.

As to bicycles ... can't see the problem. You yield the right of way to them just like you would a pedestrian. Vehicle does not have the right to the road over the pedestrian. The bicyclist who is obeying the rules of the road is absolutely no different than the man on a motorcycle. As more people use bicycles and motorcycles, everyone best just get used to them and get along with them. JMHO. Sincerely. bruce.

[clintonhater]

As to bicycles ... can't see the problem.

CLEARLY, you do NOT live in an area where they CLOG the roads! Winding, hilly, 2-lane roads, usually with no shoulders! Don't lecture me about "getting along" with these yuppie FAHs until you do!

[JB White]

CLEARLY, you do NOT live in an area where they CLOG the roads! Winding, hilly, 2-lane roads, usually with no shoulders! Don't lecture me about "getting along" with these yuppie FAHs until you do!

You got that right! Cyclists I can deal with so long as the cycle weenies could be kept from the streets. Darting about with the mindset that motorized vehicles must stop for them. Sure, we can stop. Is that before or after they get run over? Sadly the laws giving right of way to bicycles and pedestrians don't make allowances for things like human reaction time and laws of physics. As if a 2 ton car can drop from 30 to 0 mph in only four feet.
Then there are the cycle weenies who think following traffic laws means following the motorized traffic patterns. Instead of crossing with the lights like pedestrians at major intersections, they believe it's correct for them to be out across 2 or more lanes into the left turning lane. Oh, some perch out there giving a proper hand signal as if that shows how correct they are while on their way to sip a latte.

Recently our area passed some stricter pedestrian laws making it tougher for cars to turn in traffic. They now dawdle through crosswalks intentionally knowing cars cannot turn once they step off the curb. Or...they step off the curb just to stop traffic only to turn around and walk back. It's a new game. Others simply walk off into traffic intentionally looking off to who-knows-where any time they decide. Doesn't matter to them traffic is running in both directions at 35 mph. The law says drivers must stop until they step up the curb.
Stop-Look-Listen no longer applies. To some, walk/don't walk signals do not matter. I honestly believe they're listening closely awaiting the sounds of a rear end collision...or grounds for a law suit.