Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk

Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by umvi on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:50AM (#21462510)

> Anything from "children run onto the street to chase after a ball they were playing with" to "pedestrian jumping out between cars because they didn't see you" or "tram stops in the middle of the road and people exit onto the street".

What about "drug impaired people going onto the autobahn at night wearing dark clothes in a section unilluminated by street lights" which is what I believe happened here?

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by itchynosedev on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:54AM (#21462564)

It's near impossible to enter autobahn without a car or other motorized vehicle. I am not sure what kind of road the victim was following but it surely wouldn't compare to autobahn. Was it a highway with free entrance for bicycles and scooters?

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by blkhawk on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:01AM (#21462635)

its quite easy to enter it on foot - unless you mean "unintentionally" then I agree with you.

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by Symbiote on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:56AM (#21463767)

From the video, the road has sidewalks, so it's reasonable to expect pedestrians.

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by falcolas on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:54AM (#21462563)

> at night wearing dark clothes

This implies the woman was not easily spotted. She was, at > 5 seconds to impact - plenty of time for a braking or avoidance maneuver.

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by pwinnski on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:02PM (#21464457)

You believe incorrectly. Nearly every word of what you typed was wrong.

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