The only way I would absolve the car would be if the woman were completely not seen before, for example jumping out from behind parked trucks into the pathway of the oncoming vehicle. Pushing a bike is slow movement and seems should definitely have been tracked.
Read the article in #19.
“Absolve”? I’m not sure why you seem to be absolving the victim of any personal responsibility for their own welfare.
On a conceptual/philosophical level trying to apply conservative principles, I generally believe individuals need to take much greater responsibility for their outcomes, rather than rely on courts, judges and trial lawyers decide those boundaries.
Automatically siding with victims and absolving them of responsibility seems like a left-wing perspective on societal order.
In this case it seem like the pedestrian was a victim of her own poor choices, and I’m not ready to blame the Uber just because it’s Uber, or blame Autonomous Driving just because it’s Autonomous Driving.