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Originally Posted by nick3753
Should a self driving car be able to avoid this? Yes, but it's still in development. Should a human driver be able to avoid? Maybe. Should you cross 3 (presumably 6 counting the opposite direction) lanes of traffic at 10 at night while wearing dark clothes, pushing a bike on what appears to be a highway? No. That's the one person/thing that could have avoided this with certainty. That's who is truly at fault and paid the ultimate price for that decision. Not to mention she would certainly see the cars headlights before any car or person would see her.
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Of course the pedestrian owns some of the responsibility , but your premise falls short if the pedestrian was a child running out for a ball and the tech didn't intervene.