I can personally attest that they couldn't see you IN the crosswalk either. One nearly ran me down because it failed to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk when turning right.
While I was standing there talking about it, the driver looped the car around the block and tried again. It did the exact same thing the second time. One of the people it happened to walked in to the office to report the bug. The Uber engineers there poo-pooed the concern and never did anything to fix it. This was before they killed the pedestrian. The fact that they utterly failed to create adequate safety systems when repeatedly warned, shows they are absolutely not capable of doing this safely.
Oh wow. That's really bad, one of the ground rules of traffic participation is that traffic that goes straight on the same road as you when you turn always has priority.
> The Uber engineers there poo-pooed the concern and never did anything to fix it.
This is yet another nail in the coffin for Uber and self driving. I think as a company Uber is categorically and institutionally unable to participate in this space in a responsible manner. Their whole corporate culture is totally opposed to what is required to make this a reality.
While I was standing there talking about it, the driver looped the car around the block and tried again. It did the exact same thing the second time. One of the people it happened to walked in to the office to report the bug. The Uber engineers there poo-pooed the concern and never did anything to fix it. This was before they killed the pedestrian. The fact that they utterly failed to create adequate safety systems when repeatedly warned, shows they are absolutely not capable of doing this safely.