(I'd delete it myself but I had thought that was discouraged)
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Some info about the video:
The video has no sound and it runs for a total of 22 seconds. The first 5 seconds is from the external camera. It stops right before the AV makes impact with the victim. The remainder of the video shows the driver.
There's no gore, but the sudden visual of the victim will be a little dramatic. The video seems to support what police said in initial investigation, that the victim appears out of the shadows. You can see her feet at 0:02, but her full shape is not obvious until 0:04.
The Uber AV was in the right lane. The victim was more than halfway across that right lane (i.e. she'd walked 1.75 lanes ). She is walking her bike, and, when she is fully lighted, there is no ambiguity that she is someone who is walking the bike.
The street is far darker than the accident photos/Google Maps made it appear.
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The main question I have is: what is LIDAR expected to detect at night? There's no other traffic, weather is clear, and the victim was on the road for at least several seconds. I definitely agree with the police chief assessment that, based on the video, most humans would fail to brake in time.
Yeah, it's surprising. Mine was at 6+ upvotes but not on frontpage and then made it with ~10. The other post has 27 upvotes (within an hour) but also 19 comments. (I'm under the impression that comments/upvotes ratio is a factor).
I also assume any Twitter link is downmodded at the start.
