Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving crash that killed woman

Re:Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving crash th... by PiRho3141 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:09PM (#24489186)

Here's the problem. The person was being paid to pay attention to the road. According to the below news article, the person was watching the voice on their mobile phone while the car was driving. Perfectly acceptable if the vehicle has already been rated to be fully autonomous but, in this case, they are still testing the automation and the car detected the bicyclists 5.6 seconds prior to the accident.

Uber should be partially at fault since they deactivated the automatic emergency braking.

Yes, I agree when vehicles become fully autonomous, people will be less attuned to the environment, but in this case, the person was hired specifically to pay attention at all times.

https://news.sky.com/story/uber-safety-driver-charged-over-d...

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Re:Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving crash th... by runamok on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:19AM (#24489783)

FYI it was a bicyclist (singular) but they were walking their bike across a crosswalk at 10pm.

Not to victim blame but if they were not wearing lights or a reflective vest I think a human could have made the same tragic error.

As you point out the system actually DID detect them.

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Re:Uber backup driver indicted in 2018 self-driving crash th... by curiousgal on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:06AM (#24490256)

"Herzberg was crossing Mill Avenue (North) from west to east, approximately 360 feet (110 m) south of the intersection with Curry Road, outside the designated pedestrian crosswalk"

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