I’m guessing the automated car was able to react far faster than a human driver would have and the child would have sustained far greater injuries with a human behind the wheel.
Waymo said in its blog post that its “peer-reviewed model” shows a “fully attentive human driver in this same situation would have made contact with the pedestrian at approximately 14 mph.”
both speeds generally survivable, but 14mph would suuuuuck (not that 6 wouldn’t)
try crashing a bike into a wall at 6 or 14 mph. Either could kill you.
I think I won’t, but thanks for the recommend.