Self Driving Car Kills Pedestrian

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Someone did some math on reddit, allegedly the figure comes into view before stopping distance.

Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure. I don't really want to watch the video. The lens can misconstrue as well.

Solid facts are she was the safety driver and the car ran over someone. Those aren't disputable.

You are right though we can't see the full picture, but I think the test driver could have been more attentive. She has been hired for a reason and this certainly doesn't look good for her career.

Another good question is whether the cars internal system was tested appropriately before being on public roadways. Obviously a big no.

You draw conclusions you can not draw..

how so

Based on what I have read it's impossible to even conclude that the accident was preventable or that the self driving car did not respond appropriately to the situation (by braking as fast as it could detect it), so you cannot conclude that the cars internal system was not tested appropriately. Maybe the car actually did really well and optimized the chance of survival of the victim by braking as fast as it could, maybe a human driver would have been much slower to respond.

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Someone did some math on reddit, allegedly the figure comes into view before stopping distance.

Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure. I don't really want to watch the video. The lens can misconstrue as well.

Solid facts are she was the safety driver and the car ran over someone. Those aren't disputable.

You are right though we can't see the full picture, but I think the test driver could have been more attentive. She has been hired for a reason and this certainly doesn't look good for her career.

Another good question is whether the cars internal system was tested appropriately before being on public roadways. Obviously a big no.

You draw conclusions you can not draw..

how so

Based on what I have read it's impossible to even conclude that the accident was preventable or that the self driving car did not respond appropriately to the situation (by braking as fast as it could detect it), so you cannot conclude that the cars internal system was not tested appropriately. Maybe the car actually did really well and optimized the chance of survival of the victim by braking as fast as it could, maybe a human driver would have been much slower to respond.

Apologies for the late reply, I have been quite busy. (Going through the notifications so sorry if this is an old thread now)

Thats pretty true we don't have the whole picture. Maybe Tesla have external camera footage which could reveal a bit more.