Waymo says a robotaxi struck a child at 6 mph near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23, resulting in minor injuries; the NHTSA opens a probe
A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23, according to the company.
TechCrunch Sean O'Kane
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Discussion
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@agupta
Ankit Gupta
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Better headline: Waymo manages to emergency brake fast enough that it only minorly injures a child that would near certainly be dead if a human were driving in the same situation
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@rakeshsfnyc
Rakesh Agrawal
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Waymo “made contact” with a school kid in Santa Monica. Translation: hit a kid. Simultaneously, announces service to SFO. (LMK if you have access to it, because I don't.) Nice way to try to bury a significant story.
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@stephenjudkins
Stephen Judkins
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1. It seems likely this child would be dead or seriously hurt if it was the median human driver behind the wheel, both due to reaction time and that the driver would be going faster than 17MPH — 2. AVs do not address hostile street design and fundamentally children should not b…
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@seanokane
Sean O'Kane
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Waymo says its vehicle was moving at around 17mph when the child “suddenly entered the roadway from behind a tall SUV.” — The robotaxi “immediately detected” the child and “braked hard” to 6mph before contact. — The child was knocked down but “stood up immediately.” — techc…
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A commitment to transparency and road safety: event overview