Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run...
by laurencerowe on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @10:58PM
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> ... shall exercise all due care and shall reduce the speed of the vehicle or take any other action relating to the operation of the vehicle as necessary to safeguard the safety of the pedestrian.
This is great in principle but in practice cars will just drive straight at you even when you are crossing on a walk signal.
Coming from a country where the walk signal means only pedestrians can be in the crosswalk this almost got me killed the other night.
I was hoping self driving cars would help things but it seems they drive straight for you too.
Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run...
by aidenn0 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:19PM
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This regionally varies. Where I live (also in California), cars stop for pedestrians who appear they are about to cross at uncontrolled intersections. Other places it feels like playing a game of chicken.
Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run...
by fortran77 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:31AM
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The person was not in a crosswalk, according to this account from a reporter who saw Cruise's video
Re:Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car run...
by lsaferite on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:52AM
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The change on twitter to not show replies, mixed with multi-message splitting is infuriating and should 100% disqualify twitter links from being posted. (I feel the same about paywalled articles FWIW)
> ... shall exercise all due care and shall reduce the speed of the vehicle or take any other action relating to the operation of the vehicle as necessary to safeguard the safety of the pedestrian.
In addition, all of the rules for pedestrians (no jaywalking, don't dash off the curb in front of a car, even in a crosswalk) include a provision that state they do not "relieve a driver of a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within the [roadway or crosswalk]"