Police Say Video Shows Woman Stepped Suddenly in Front of Self-Driving Uber
The NYT just published a graphic that purports to show the location of the vehicle and the victim: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/self-driving-uber-pedestrian-killed.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/self-drivi...</a><p>This is the first report I've seen that indicates the Uber AV was in the <i>right</i> lane. Remember that the victim was crossing from left to right, and that all of the visible damage on the AV is on the right-side bumper. It's very hard to imagine a scenario in which a 49-year-old woman walking her bike manages to cross 3 lanes of traffic so quickly that the Uber AV, moving at 40 mph, had no time to react, in a location with good street lighting and with clear weather. I would think most humans would be able to at least hit the brakes, if not completely avoid a collision.