Self-driving cars will arrive despite pedestrian's death

ON MONDAY, a female pedestrian died after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber in Arizona. The woman is reportedly the first pedestrian killed by an autonomous vehicle on public roads. Thepaper.cn comments:

Uber has announced it is suspending its tests of unmanned vehicles in the United States and Canada. It has even been suggested the accident might have cast a negative effect upon the unmanned vehicle test plans globally.

Some also argue that the vehicle involved in the accident had a human driver, who would take action in emergencies in order to prevent accidents. However, the victim who was pushing a bicycle emerged onto the road out of the dark, and the human driver sitting behind the wheel did not react in time.