Based on the video shown there is no way a human driver could have avoided that collision.
Our eyes are extremely good at adapting to high, non-linear contrast. That's why "pictures" of total solar eclipses have to be composite images to really capture what people see when they look at one.
Not true at all, the person was not standing under lit streetlights and was in the shadows. Humans have problems detecting objects in the shadows, especially at night.
3M made a video illustrating how difficult it is to see people at night. In this video, people wearing bright-colored clothing don't even show up until 250 feet away. According to the national safety council, a human driver traveling at 30mph at night, may take up 500 feet to react to and stop when there is an object in the road.
I reccomend watching this video as it strongly changed my views about night driving.
The 'shadow' is appearing completely dark due to the poor dynamic range of the camera. It won't appear so to a normal human eye..Also, people use high beams in this situations which enables seeing stuff really far away, which would also should have saved the day in this case..
Citing the camera's poor dynamic range, does not imply a human in the same situation would have enough dynamic range to spot a pedestrian in the same circumstance.
High beams would have saved a life here, however in many situations they are illegal to use.
Well that's kinda my point, isn't it?
Here's a video posted by a local on Reddit showing better how the street looks at night: https://youtu.be/1XOVxSCG8u0?t=31
If I’m driving fast enough that I can’t see pedestrians with enough time to react, I slow down.
Yes, this means in near-total darkness, slowing to a crawl if you can’t turn on your high beams.
There was no human driver in that car. There was a person in the driver seat focused on something other than the road.