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		trothamel on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Dr... It's not. But as the car has the right of way, it's the pedestrian's responsibility to make sure they're not hit.

jval43 on March 20, 2018 [–]

Any reasonable human driver would try everything to not hit a pedestrian, regardless of right of way. The laws were written with common sense in mind, and if self-driving cars can’t emulate that then they’re not ready. Cars that only follow the letter of the law would be absurd.

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