Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020!

[marklaken]

I wonder if the autonomous car algorithms will have user definable profile settings. Settings like "always swerve for squirrels", "never yield to smaller cars", "always drive in the left lane", and "grandma mode".
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[cbeck]

You could argue that was a cyclist and in this area has every right to be in the roadway. Never ride the new ride the first year, amusement park 101.
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[KTPhil]

I haven't seen the road area around the accident. It isn't jaywalking just because you aren't in a crosswalk. There are other rules involved that may affect liability.

Roll tape.

[Manfred58sc]

Outside of the media hype, it really does not matter if a machine kills a person, as long as the machine kills less than a human operator. Orders will keep rolling in as insurance companies make the necessary adjustments to your premiums. But hey, people can text,read, and pull bong hits while being paraded around town. It will catch on very fast, especially with the elderly ( and they have the money ).
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[windfish]

Dashcam footage is out (doesn't show impact, but right up to it) - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43497364

Seems almost certain a human driver would have hit her.
Police have said Uber likely not at fault http://fortune.com/2018/03/19/uber-self-driving-car-crash/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/self-driving-uber-pedestrian-killed.html
Would appear to be a really bad place to try to cross, esp. at night

Will be interesting to see if Uber releases a report on this, their sensors are supposed to be able to track objects even in the dark. And that was a large obstacle to miss.

[VOLKSWAGNUT]

Yeah.. ^.. a few factors... and from the information and videos release now.. there were at least 3 things at fault..

The non attentive driver... well...wheel monitor..
The cyclist crossing in one hell of a bad shadowed spot.. PLUS dark clothes..no reflective gear etc..
The lack of vehicle self crash avoidance time.. and or proper monitoring.
I would think an IR or heat detector should have picked up body heat and movement WAY before the crash..

I'd also feel .. an average driver would have had the same accident too.
Just not enough time to react.. ..

The argument.. Maybe .. just maybe.... if a good driver was paying attention.. a flash of light or movement.. may have alerted them..

I know the GM "Super Cruise" has a driver monitoring system.. It can detect if your head is turned or eyes are down.. and will alert and deactivate.. if the driver is not attentive.. that plus.. It would have never activated on the freeway in this type of area..
No defense.. I still don't like the idea of it all..

Put the phone down people.. and drive ya damn vehicle..



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[KTPhil]

I agree with your assessment. I'd like to see the driver and dash cam footage side by side synced in time. That way I can judge how much reaction time the "driver" lost due to looking down (probably at his phone). It's hard to judge that when seeing one video after the other.

Car headlights, especially the e-code patterned units, are biased to avoid glare to oncoming drivers when on dipped beam:

The cyclist was smack dab in the dark zone. I think this made an accident inevitable even with an attentive driver. The car's LIDAR had a better chance, but it probably couldn't see through the clutter caused by the foliage.

[Volswagon]

She was WALKING the bicycle. At least her shoes were white.

I nominate her for the Darwin award.
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[bigdog1962]

Kinda looks like Vince Neil - Motley Crue!
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Hah! I thought that long hair was part of a hoodie. That makes my video clip even funnier.
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[Dwayne1m]

I thought it was a woman too.

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[ach60]

My SO has a dash cam in her car.
When I drive, it's no on, or not in the car.
I don't want video of what I/We were doing leading up to, during, or after a crash.
Could that person have stopped the Auto-driving car from hitting the pedestrian, I don't know.
But I am damned sure some Lawyer is going to use that video against the person operating the Auto-driving car.
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[79SuperVert]

Seems odd that the pedestrian did not see the car's headlights coming or hear the car approaching. There wasn't a lot of traffic. It would have been natural for her to wait until there were no cars coming, or run across if she was in a hurry. But she seems to have been walking at a brisk but still walking pace.

I recall seeing another self-driving Volvo video at a car dealership where it nearly ran over some salesmen. This is not good PR for Volvo.
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