Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving Car Fatality in Arizona

omegaworks wrote: post #3

>Police believe she may have been homeless. Police: "don't worry, she was an undesirable." Next, let's watch them publicly leak her criminal background.

They already did, she was in prison for a year on charges relating to the 'dangerous' drug marijuana.

I called almost verbatim what the chief of police actually said in the other thread and had my comment downvoted and flagged for it.

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Post by celim307 » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 1:03 AM UTC

omegaworks wrote: post #3

>Police believe she may have been homeless. Police: "don't worry, she was an undesirable." Next, let's watch them publicly leak her criminal background.

I wonder how much money Uber is pouring into Tempe and how much they promised the local government in taxes and infrastructure, to get them to bend at the knees so fast

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Post by ajeet_dhaliwal » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 1:03 AM UTC

olivermarks wrote: post #4

'the incident occurred roughly 100 years from a crosswalk' - deep space?

Yeah saw that, rather than missing the word light, it’s probably yards. Based on what’s reported (not suggesting it’s true or the full story) she basically jumped out in front in which case this indeed would have been hard to avoid.

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Post by portofcall » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 1:05 AM UTC

ajeet_dhaliwal wrote: post #8

olivermarks wrote: post #4

'the incident occurred roughly 100 years from a crosswalk' - deep space?

Yeah saw that, rather than missing the word light, it’s probably yards. Based on what’s reported (not suggesting it’s true or the full story) she basically jumped out in front in which case this indeed would have been hard to avoid.

Given that the car apparently didn’t even start to brake, maybe she was moving at light speed?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17140936/uber-self-drivin...

The LIDAR probably couldn’t see with all the shadows, or maybe she teleported, literally “coming from nowhere.” I sure hope if I’m killed the filth blame it on me in less than 24 hours.

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Post by stefan_ » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 1:05 AM UTC

This is just police standard operating procedure. In any kind of manslaughter where a vehicle is involved, save on paperwork and blame whichever party ended up dead before the driver has even spoken the words "she came from nowhere". Here is the police chief spelling it out for Uber:

she came from the shadows

I wonder what that LIDAR thinks about the shadows. I mean, this system is in place because everybody drives and so we've legalized recklessness in the pursuit of "There but for the grace of god go I" but who benefits if police declares an AI driver blameless before anyone has even downloaded the recordings?