[DiogenesLamp]

And if in the meantime a less than perfect autonomous car runs over an idiot who should have not been on the street, then oh well. Too bad for her.

If that object in the road had been a Cow, or perhaps a girder dropped off a truck, it would have possibly killed everyone riding in the driverless car.

A system that cannot detect objects in the road should not be permitted on the road.

[palmer]

A system that cannot detect objects in the road should not be permitted on the road.

I agree completely. The self-driving car did not slow at all. The victim assumed there was an actual driver, not crappy SW.