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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by burlesona on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:53PM (#16621810)
You're making an observation about what it's like in an urban area. Sadly, in a suburban area like Tempe the presence of any pedestrian anywhere is unexpected.
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Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street by linkregister on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:57PM (#16623605)
The ASU campus area around Tempe has diverse traffic conditions. There are spots near the campus where you would expect to stop at every crosswalk, while in some roadways, a pedestrian would be completely unexpected.

Around the bars, people stumble into traffic all the time. Any driver, automated or human, would need to anticipate that.

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