[mad_as_he$$]

The SUV was speeding and made no attempt to brake. Why is the public being guinea pigs(to the death) to this not ready for real world deadly tech?

[Gen.Blather]

“Why is the public being guinea pigs(to the death) to this not ready for real world deadly tech?”

This is the same mentality that gave us the curlicue light bulbs. They are doing it because we are children who can’t decide what is best for us.

[Moonman62]

What was the speed limit?

[mongrel]

The mini SUV was going 38 in a 35. The autonomous driving level was level 2, which means a driver was at the wheel and ready to take control.

We are told the video shows the woman stepped in to the path of a car from an unlit center medium at dusk. If there are 5 current cameras recording the event, including a recording of the driver, what incentive would there be for the police to lie?

I hope you never had an accident using cruise control.

[SamAdams76]

Early in the 20th Century, when airplanes were still in early stages, there was a real fear of airplanes falling out of the sky and killing unsuspecting people on the ground. This does still happen to this day from time to time. Unfortunate but obviously a risk society decides to take.

Given that we have 40,000 or more deaths per year in auto fatalities in this nation alone, it is a given that we will continue having them as autonomous cars come into being. Maybe they get reduced. That is still an open question but there is good reason to believe that auto fatalities may overall be decreased in a world where cars drive themselves. However, I don't see us ever getting to zero fatalities or anywhere close to it. As one who drives the highways on a regular basis, I'm actually amazed that we don't have more fatalities. Same with commercial air travel.