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Yes in the video of the incident the victim just appears out of the night in a split-second, going by the video on the BBC is just over 1 second between the time you first see the victim and the time of impact.

 

If they've edited the video to make it appear darker than it actually was though.......

 

The suggestion is that the camera wasn't calibrated for night.

 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-victim-came-from-the-shadows-dont-believe-it/

 

Some alternate videos and snaps of the same road in this article.

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The suggestion is that the camera wasn't calibrated for night.

 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-victim-came-from-the-shadows-dont-believe-it/

 

Some alternate videos and snaps of the same road in this article.

Those alternative videos certainly make the whole road and surroundings look much more illuminated. Thank you for posting them.

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A bit more background info released:

 

Uber self-driving car death riddle: Was LIDAR blind spot to blame?

Biz scaled back number of sensors from five to just one

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/uber_selfdriving_death_may_have_been_due_to_lidar_blind_spot/

 

Fatal driverless crash: Radar-maker says Uber disabled safety systems

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/27/uber_crash_safety_systems_disabled_aptiv/

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More data released:

 

Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/report-software-bug-led-to-death-in-ubers-self-driving-crash/

 

The fatal crash that killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, in March occurred because of a software bug in Uber's self-driving car technology, The Information's Amir Efrati reported on Monday.

 

According to two anonymous sources who talked to Efrati, Uber's sensors did, in fact, detect Herzberg as she crossed the street with her bicycle. Unfortunately, the software classified her as a "false positive" and decided it didn't need to stop for her.

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More data released:

 

Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/report-software-bug-led-to-death-in-ubers-self-driving-crash/

 

 

Interesting article highlighting the limitations of autonamous cars, maybe these development companies are racing each other before it's safe to let them out of the baby cage!

 

(The following link in the above article)

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/new-report-highlights-limitations-of-cruise-self-driving-cars/

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