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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help. (www.forbes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It is your responsibility as the operator of a car to see pedestrians even if they are wearing black

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure is, but sometimes our brains don't work perfectly.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then we should make safer roads for everyone with better designs and lower speeds

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is not particularly controversial.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, it's not. I'm the most responsible driver there is and even I draw the line here. When driving next to park cars I pay extra attention because someone may want to cross the road and walk out from behind a car even in places where it's illegal but if someone hides behinds a bush and jumps out right in front of my car it's not my fault. At night it's my responsibility to drive below the speed limit and pay attention to the road but if some black ninja hides on the curb there's not much I can do about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uh, no, pretty sure it is legally your responsibility to be safe to everyone around you when driving. If you can't do that, don't drive a car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even to suicidal people that jump in front of cars on purpose? BS

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes.

If you're operating a piece of heavy machinery at high speeds, "But they ran into road!" is not an excuse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Are you trolling? Absolutely no one would agree with that. You can't simply absolve pedestrians of all responsibility. It's so stupid I can't even argue with that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Said the non car driver.