About that Uber fatal crash via an autonomous vehicle-
Harsh but accurate-

I was trying to give Uber the benefit of the doubt. I was wrong.
Not only was I wrong, but The Human Driving Manifesto—which I jokingly wrote in response to the ever increasing storm of self-driving clickbait—was more accurate than I ever could have guessed, because now that the Tempe police have release dashcam footage of the fatal crash, all of the following points are perfectly clear:
Uber is guilty of killing Elaine Herzberg.
Uber’s hardware and/or software failed.
Many people at Uber need to be fired.
The Arizona officials who greenlit testing need to resign.
One or more people need to be prosecuted.
The SAE Automation Classification System is vague and unsafe.
Uber is the Theranos of self-driving.
Volvo—one of the few car makers that truly cares about safety—is innocent and shouldn’t be in bed with their craven opposites.
Even if you believe self-driving cars may someday reduce road fatalities—and I do believe that—this dashcam video is an icepick in the face of the argument that anyone at Uber gives a damn about anyone’s safety, including that of their own test drivers.