This is not what I expected at all. The original news reports based on the police comments made it seem like she was on the side of the road and then randomly darted out. That's not something I would really expect AV's to be able to cope with yet, if ever.
Instead what we see is a scenario that happens all the time: a pedestrian who is sleepy or perhaps with mental problems or on some substances...in any case not hyper alert...crossing a road without looking. It's not that busy at that time of night and I'm sure I have done the same thing. It's very discouraging and angering that these cars are being driven without the capability. I feel very disappointed. To me it's not super important whether an ordinary driver would've stopped: ordinary people drive drunk, exhausted and/or distracted all the time; but I hoped that AV's were already better than that.
Instead what we see is a scenario that happens all the time: a pedestrian who is sleepy or perhaps with mental problems or on some substances...in any case not hyper alert...crossing a road without looking. It's not that busy at that time of night and I'm sure I have done the same thing. It's very discouraging and angering that these cars are being driven without the capability. I feel very disappointed. To me it's not super important whether an ordinary driver would've stopped: ordinary people drive drunk, exhausted and/or distracted all the time; but I hoped that AV's were already better than that.