Assuming that the facts in the article are true (I’m more inclined to believe Waymo than Tesla)… it hit the child at 6 mph after “hard braking” from 17 mph when the child popped out unseen from behind a tall SUV. That doesn’t seem terribly reckless to me?
I’m all for a conversation about responsibility when dealing with autonomous systems, as well as one on regulating self-driving cars before they’re exposed to the general public (much less small children), but this doesn’t seem like the egregious case to suddenly come to some kind of global or national reckoning.
The event described is one with cards tightly packed on both sides and double parked with kids actively loading and unloading, 17 mph would feel awful fast to a human driver is that situation.
Assuming that the facts in the article are true (I’m more inclined to believe Waymo than Tesla)… it hit the child at 6 mph after “hard braking” from 17 mph when the child popped out unseen from behind a tall SUV. That doesn’t seem terribly reckless to me?
I’m all for a conversation about responsibility when dealing with autonomous systems, as well as one on regulating self-driving cars before they’re exposed to the general public (much less small children), but this doesn’t seem like the egregious case to suddenly come to some kind of global or national reckoning.
The event described is one with cards tightly packed on both sides and double parked with kids actively loading and unloading, 17 mph would feel awful fast to a human driver is that situation.