Driverless buses? What could POSSIBLY go WRONG???
I like the one where the lady was walking a bicycle across the street, between cross-walks, and a self-driving Uber wasn’t able to figure out what to make of it (road hazard, nothing to worry about, maybe a person, maybe a bicycle...confusion!), and it just pumped along until 1.6 seconds out, then it couldn’t stop in time.
Usually if I get confused, I slow down first and ask questions later. But my guess is that the soy-boy who programmed the car never drives, or at least hates driving (probably due to guilt), and so it didn’t occur to him to have the car first slow down until it could sort out the scenario.
Anyway, the usual technology supporters here and elsewhere were blaming her for J-walking, which she was doing. But, maybe because I’m not a ‘technology’ guru, I just think the death penalty for J-walking is a bit harsh. Heck, I don’t even honk at people like that, much less run them down...but then again, maybe that’s me.