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Old 24-03-2018, 01:31 PM   #46
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Default Re: Autonomous vehicle kills a pedestrian

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Originally Posted by b0son View Post
The pedestrian did themselves zero favours... dressed in black, no lights, nothing reflective. They only come into view 15-20m ahead of the car, and at 40mph, that's around a second including reaction time (which gets worse at night), to respond. Probably asking a bit much of many drivers.
Evidence is now emerging that the dashcam was not properly configured for night and other locals have posted dash cam drive through the area with clearer view that Volvo’s head lights actually pick up the lady with bike much earlier than the dodgy dashcam shows
I’m on my phone so can’t post links, go to Blueovalnewe they have a thread with interesting links near the end
Observer was found blameless by police (allowed to text in Arizona)
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