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goobster  ·  2577 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian in Tempe

So hang on ... it's night-time. The woman is walking her bike in the street. No crosswalk in sight. There is a human driver in the vehicle. The vehicle did not brake or turn prior to hitting the woman.

So someone jaywalks, and neither the driver or the autonomous systems noticed a person?

I'm willing to bet money that she entered the street from between two parked cars - or maybe a van - and there wasn't anything anyone could have done to avoid hitting her.

I don't want to victim-blame without more information, but at this point I think the headline should read, "Jaywalker killed after running into traffic."