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goobster  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian in Tempe

Thanks for doing the math.

I've always been of the mind that cars are ALWAYS going to kill people, because people move more dynamically, in more directions, more quickly than any car can.

But that math makes me rethink that position, and makes it so I can't fucking wait for fully autonomous vehicles to be the norm, and show just how terrible humans are at navigating in 3D space.

(Incidentally, the accident photos do not show any obstructions. They aren't comprehensive, but they don't show any vehicles parked along the curb or anything... so... I need to walk back even further on my potential victim-blaming...)