[SystemSafety] Autonomously Driven Car Kills Pedestrian

[C. Michael Holloway]

On 2018-03-20 (07.00.27), andrew at andrewbanks.com wrote:
> >From first reports, seems more of a case of "pedestrian walks out in front of car, and gets run over" 
>
> The autonomous aspect appears not relevant?
>
The reports that I have read do not even hint that the case is likely 
one in which the pedestrian would be deemed at fault.  Of course, Uber 
and other driverless car zealots will try to make that case. I believe, 
and hope, they will fail.

Excellent quotes in this story from the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/03/19/uber-halts-autonomous-vehicle-testing-after-a-pedestrian-is-struck/

'Missy Cummings, a robotics expert at Duke University who has been 
critical of the swift rollout of driverless technology, said the 
computer-vision systems for self-driving cars are “deeply flawed” and 
can be “incredibly brittle,” particularly in unfamiliar circumstances.

'Companies have not been required by the federal government to prove 
that their robotic driving systems are safe. “We’re not holding them to 
any standards right now,” Cummings said, arguing that the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration should provide real supervision.'

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