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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by laretluval on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:19PM (#16625105)
I think he is saying that she probably would have died even if a human were driving.
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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by timgilbert on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @12:55AM (#16626153)
Sure, but presumably that's because a human wouldn't be able to see the pedestrian in the dark; you would expect LIDAR to be able to detect them and so the autonomous car should have had the same chances to spot this person in the daytime or the nighttime.
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