[dirtbox]

I moved to the US a few years ago and have already lost count of how many cyclists wearing dark clothing and no lights on poorly lit roads I've nearly hit at night.

I had to take a cycling proficiency test in the UK, here no one seems to have a clue, they don't even always ride on the right side of the road.

This woman neglected any due care and her death, while tragic, is entirely her own fault.

[bryanlarsen]

"entirely her own fault"

Why does the entire Internet feel the need to apportion blame in this case?

There are four entities who could have and should have relatively straightforwardly avoided this death.

1. The woman shouldn't have crossed the street there and then.

2. The safety driver shouldn't have been looking at her phone.

3. Uber's automation should have caused the vehicle to brake much sooner.

4. That street should have been designed much safer. The design of a lit crosswalk on the median encourages people to cross there, so much stronger discouragement is required. Furthermore, a 35mph limit in an area with pedestrians is going to regularly cause pedestrian fatalities. That's a trade-off most people seem willing to make, but if you make that trade-off you have to own it. If the speed limit was 20mph that woman would be alive today.

As far as I can see it, all 4 entities are 100% responsible for the death of the pedestrian.

None of those 4 entities passed the "reasonable person" test with their actions, therefore all 4 are fully responsible.

Sure you can argue all you want on whether one entity's misbehaviour is more egregious than the others. It doesn't matter; all 4 engaged in behaviour that regularly kills people at a rate much higher than acceptable.

[dirtbox]

You can continue to cast the blame for frankly abysmal state of cyclist safety in this country, meanwhile cyclists die with alarming regularity however many of those factors are in play.

[rootlocus]

Quote from the article:

> To be clear, while the car had the right-of-way and the victim was clearly unwise to cross there, especially without checking regularly in the direction of traffic, this is a situation where any properly operating robocar should have avoided the accident anyway.

I'm not assuming you haven't read it, but I think this is the best answer I can give you.