My prediction:
The investigation will conclude that the dead pedestrian (or cyclist) was at fault.
Über will be held blameless, and the tests will resume.
One of the advantages of the autonomous vehicles is they have numerous cameras and sensors, all recording what happened.
What actually happened will come out, and it will not be in doubt.
I suspect your prediction will be correct.
Opponents of autonomous vehicles will not be shamed if they are shown to have misjudged this incident from the beginning.
They have a visceral hatred for the idea of autonomous vehicles, as I am sure the luddites had for powered looms.
It will be interesting to see what actually happened.
Unfortunately, I forgot to include a sarcasm tag in the post you responded to.
It won’t make a bit of difference what the cyclist actually did, right or wrong. There’s too much money involved for any judgement to go against Über.
http://fortune.com/2018/03/19/uber-self-driving-car-crash/
“It’s very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode [autonomous or human-driven] based on how she came from the shadows right into the roadway,” Moir told the paper, adding that the incident occurred roughly 100 yards from a crosswalk. “It is dangerous to cross roadways in the evening hour when well-illuminated managed crosswalks are available,” she said.
Though the vehicle was operating in autonomous mode, a driver was present in the front seat. But Moir said there appears to be little he could have done to intervene before the crash.
“The driver said it was like a flash, the person walked out in front of them,” Moir said. “His first alert to the collision was the sound of the collision.”
According to the Chronicle, the preliminary investigation found the Uber car was driving at 38 mph in a 35 mph zone and did not attempt to brake. Herzberg is said to have abruptly walked from a center median into a lane with traffic. Police believe she may have been homeless.