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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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