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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It was the autopilots fault in that the autopilot saw the white trailer as white sky and didn't attempt to stop like a person would.
You cannot blame the person for not reacting. This is why this type of autonomous driving is dangerous. How can you expect a person to keep focus of your telling them the car will do the driving?
Having said all that, the proof is in the pudding. 132 million miles before the first death. That's far better than human driving. We're still going to see the majority of the cars on the road being self driving within 15 years
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Um. You can't blame the driver for not reacting when he is told explicitly to be aware and ready to intervene at all times (just like normal driving)? When it is 100% the drivers responsibility to be alert and ready to intervene? Please.
If a fully in control human that was aware couldn't stop then the autopilot can't be blamed (any more than a Volvo City Safety system can be blamed for not registering the danger and applying the brakes).
If a fully aware human can indeed stop in time then the only way the autopilot can be blamed is if it overruled the human. WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN.
The autopilot may have made an error in how it read the situation but it is the humans 100% responsibility not the auto pilot to drive safely. Period. There is no argument that can be made that says it's the autopilots fault unless it overruled the human interaction. In addition, the truck is also very much at fault for making a turn across traffic that required people to not just slow down but completely stop.