It means they don’t know what the fuck they are doing and have no business developing tech that could kill people.

Apples to oranges. Their miles are not in the same conditions millions of drivers face each day. They are not on a five lane interstate at rush hour travelling 70 mph, in the rain.

All this nonsense about the opportunities for people to be more productive and creative is bullshit. 

Because we lack meaningful regulations on the development and testing of autonomous vehicles, and cities like Tempe feel it’s financially beneficial to allow an app company to test unproven tech on its streets.

Amen, couldn’t have said it any better. Here’s where prudent regulations should step in and determine if a company has the knowledge or is responsible enough to develop, on public streets, this kind of technology.

Out of over 3 trillion miles driven, statistically, that’s pretty good.

I would think we should spend the billions we’ve spent on autonomous vehicles on rail first. We haven’t even accomplished autonomous trains yet.

Both routes to reduced traffic fatalities would take decades, whether it’s automation or the methods you described. Automation is the less proven of the two. Reducing commutes also has the added environmental benefits.

An attentive human would have seen the pedestrian while they were still in the left lane. The video is a poor representation of what a human eye would have seen. And stopping is not the only action that a driver could have taken to avoid the pedestrian.

Teenage drivers get better as they drive, in real time. People like to talk about how bad everyone is at driving, but when you look at all the miles driven, it’s pretty impressive we don’t have more wrecks and deaths.

Instead of allowing more travel, how about we reduce the miles driven? That would be faster and more effective than trying to automate hour long commutes. Could be cheaper in the long run, too. Around $80 billion has already been spent on autonomous vehicles and they still can’t perform simple tasks as not hitting a…

And horrible software developers.

Their guesses are motivated by the need to keep the influx of capital coming. Do you believe that investors would pour billions into development if they were told the technology won’t be ready for mass deployment for another 50 years?

Neutral:  Autonomous vehicles should be fully functional and safe on closed courses before allowed on public streets. They need robust testing in all weather conditions, all lighting conditions, and in every situation imaginable. All testing should be fully documented and audited by the NTSB.

Without slowing from 45mph, a modern vehicle can swerve safely far enough to miss her. Slowing while swerving, there is not doubt in my mind most attentive drivers would have missed this lady.

You are flat out wrong.

Stopping wasn’t the only option. She wasn’t stationary either, if the vehicle slows enough, maybe 10 mph, she clears the path of the vehicle.

Speak for yourself, and please stay off the roads.

Thankfully, you will not be the judge on what’s acceptable for autonomous vehicles.

Stopping is not the only solution to avoid hitting a pedestrian. There was another lane the vehicle could have easily moved into to avoid collision.