Man, this thing is really making me think about our relationship with technology... 
Like, we're at a point where self-driving cars are becoming a normal part of our lives, but have we really thought about how safe they actually are? I mean, a 17 mph car hitting a kid who's just suddenly on the road... it's crazy. And yeah, Waymo says their brakes worked fine, but what if the system misreads the situation or something? It raises so many questions about accountability and responsibility in this whole autonomous thing.
And you know what really gets me is that we're expecting these cars to be perfect, like they're going to save us from ourselves. But at the end of the day, there's no such thing as a completely fail-safe system. We need to have real conversations about how we're designing and testing these things, and whether or not they can actually prevent accidents in the first place.
It's also interesting that this happened near an elementary school... it makes me wonder if parents are even thinking about what their kids would do in a situation like that. Like, we need to educate our kids about how to interact with self-driving cars, just as much as we're teaching them about traffic rules and stuff. It's a lot to consider, you know?
Like, we're at a point where self-driving cars are becoming a normal part of our lives, but have we really thought about how safe they actually are? I mean, a 17 mph car hitting a kid who's just suddenly on the road... it's crazy. And yeah, Waymo says their brakes worked fine, but what if the system misreads the situation or something? It raises so many questions about accountability and responsibility in this whole autonomous thing.And you know what really gets me is that we're expecting these cars to be perfect, like they're going to save us from ourselves. But at the end of the day, there's no such thing as a completely fail-safe system. We need to have real conversations about how we're designing and testing these things, and whether or not they can actually prevent accidents in the first place.
It's also interesting that this happened near an elementary school... it makes me wonder if parents are even thinking about what their kids would do in a situation like that. Like, we need to educate our kids about how to interact with self-driving cars, just as much as we're teaching them about traffic rules and stuff. It's a lot to consider, you know?
even at 17mph it's still way too fast for a playground. and now we're dealing with some serious questions about liability here... is waymo going to be held responsible for this or will the parents be sued? 
. I'm all for innovation and technology, but come on! How hard is it to program a car to watch out for little humans crossing the road? It's just so frustrating 
. And now my grandkids are gonna grow up thinking that autonomous cars are invincible... not cool 
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... I mean, I get why they're trying to test those self-driving cars, but come on! A child just walks out into the road without looking? That's gotta be super hard for parents to deal with right now 
. And 17 miles per hour is still pretty fast, you know? Even if it did slow down quickly, I'm not sure how much damage it can really do at that speed 
. And what's with the kid just walking into traffic like they own the place? 
Anyway, gotta keep an eye on this investigation and see if any changes come outta it 
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That's so worrying, a self-driving car hitting a kid 
It's a good thing the injuries are minor, but still, how can we trust these cars with our kids' lives?
And now NHTSA's gotta figure out what went wrong... 
