Autonomous Distracted Driving? Video From Fatal Uber Crash Shows Operator Wasn't Paying Attention

Video taken from onboard cameras in a fatal self-driving car crash this week in Arizona shows the operator did not have his eyes on the road and the pedestrian was visible for at least a second before the crash occurred.

The video paints a different picture than the one from some recent news stories, which exonerated the person behind the wheel based on an interview with the Tempe, Ariz., police chief.

 

carsnyc - 3/22/2018 2:11:01 PM

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Pretty disturbing

MDarringer - 3/22/2018 6:28:38 PM

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IT was probably thinking "Pizza...pizza...pizza"

Chark - 3/22/2018 8:43:34 PM

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Seems like the pedestrian is the one mostly to blame. The video clearly shows that there was only a second to react before she appears out of the darkness. The car was certainly visible to the victim much more than the other way around. Dark clothes and no lights or reflectors in a dark area put her at a higher risk of being struck. Darwin is still right...

MDarringer - 3/22/2018 10:20:00 PM

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Yeah, it's the price of progress.

hangtime010 - 3/23/2018 8:32:18 AM

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"pretty disturbing"? Isn't this an everyday fact of life on the roads, with or without autonomous cars?

vdiv - 3/23/2018 12:36:14 PM

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It is disturbing to the people who thought that autonomous cars were somehow magically going to remedy that.

MrEE - 3/24/2018 8:02:03 PM

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Keep in mind typical cameras do not capture well in low or uneven light. Night vision uses infrared light to see well and the person would have been a bright image. The human eye would have seen better in given the lighting, that is if they weren't looking at their phone. Still the victim should not have walked into the path.