It makes sense to have two, one to take over and one to monitor that the systems are working properly.

Got that right.

This failure is something that autonomous vehicles should excel at, it’s a fundamental safety condition, can the vehicle detect an object crossing in front of it and avoid collision. The fact it failed at this fundamental capability calls into question how far along in development Uber is.

For some time? No, they only began research in 2015. Three years is not some time, it’s a instant when considering the scope and complexity of developing autonomous vehicles.

Headlights illuminate the adjacent lane also, I believe an attentive driver would have seen something moving in the left lane which would have made them more alert to it, possibly slowing down before a collision was imminent.

We haven’t shown the ability to automate trains and here we are talking about a fatality involving autonomous vehicle testing. Seems we leaped beyond our abilities.

1. This one was on video.

Seeing how it should work just underscores how poor Uber’s vehicles are.

Do we know they successfully tested a pedestrian crossing the road? Is there 3rd party verification Uber’s vehicles can safely stop if a pedestrian is crossing the road? This is why regulations are needed.

No, they hired qualified and capable engineers who can develop autonomous vehicles. Then leadership decided that being quick to test on public roads was a good idea to bring in more investment.

Then lets reduce the need to commute to work, store, entertainment. Spending billions automating something that should be reduced is fool hearty. Fastest way to reduce traffic fatalities is to reduce traffic, not automate it.

And then the video was released and showed that the police statement was inaccurate.

They were allowed to by the state/city governments, they would have no legal case if they were not allowed to and another company was.

Really? Uber was founded in 2009, in 2015 they started autonomous vehicle research. That’s not quite a while.

Nonsense, you think any company should be able to test automobile tech on public streets willy nilly?

What happened here was a failure in the system that could only have happened in the real world.

Testing whether the vehicle can detect crossing pedestrians is something that can be fully tested on closed courses. This requirement should be one of many before a vehicle is tested on public streets.

Seize the vehicle, clearly this idiot isn’t responsible enough.

I’m not developing autonomous vehicles and testing them on public streets.

All their sensors couldn’t avoid a object crossing the road, I don’t have much faith in their reliability.