This tech simply isn't there yet and I doubt it's all that close.

  This tech simply isn't there yet and I doubt it's all that close.

Doesn't sound dumb to me. The car should be going slow enough to emergency stop if the pedestrian enters the road.

So, yeah: dumb.

If I think I saw children run around between cars on the parking lane, are the parents probably morons? Yes. Do I slow down and be prepare to slam the brakes in case a child suddenly runs in front of me? Ab-so-lute-ly.

Even if people behave idiotically on the street, it is obviously still my fault if I run them over.

And that's what I'm talking about. Computers aren't all that good at determining whether or not a person is going to jump into the street.

that said, as I said above whenever a car sense a situation it doesn't understand it should slow down, that's enough to be safe later on as the situation develops and is different than hitting the brakes full force.

and anyway expecting autonomous car to drive full speed all the time is moronic, humans don't do that either, precisely because it's dangerous.