I think it's clear from this video that *these* self-driving cars aren't safe for public roads. The car should have detected the pedestrian well before she's visible in this low-quality video. Yet it apparently didn't brake *at all*, even after she was visible in the video.
Tempe Police Department
 @TempePolice
21 Mar 2018
Tempe Police Vehicular Crimes Unit is actively investigating the details of this incident that occurred on March 18th. We will provide updated information regarding the investigation once it is available.
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I think your assertion the car didn't try to brake is tough to validate from the video. The car was going fast & wouldn't have been able to brake that easily. What's more concerning is the use of a "human" video while the car uses an echolocation & should have seen her earlier.
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Replying to @FremyCompany
The assertion that the car didn't brake was from another source (although second-hand).

Mar 23, 2018 · 4:41 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @FremyCompany
At the distance it should have been detecting them (with the road ahead otherwise clear) it would have had more than enough time to safely brake if it was designed properly.
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A reliable source for not braking is nytimes.com/2018/03/23/techn… which says: "According to the police, the car, with one safety driver and operating in autonomous mode, did not slow down before impact."
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