Holy shit this is scary. I must have been living under a rock but I didn't realize that FULLY-AUTONOMOUS self-driving cars were even LEGAL yet.

> The self-driving car was fully autonomous at the time at the accident, though it had a human driver at the wheel. An internal camera caught the Uber worker looking down and away from the road moments before the accident, unaware of Herzberg’s presence before it was too late.

Uber worker ... employee? Were they doing a live test?

> ... the team at Uber Advanced Technologies Group has adopted critical program improvements to further prioritize safety ...

I certainly hope this means having their terminator vehicles on a closed track instead of out and about. What the hell does "prioritize" have to do with "common sense"? If you throw an unhandled exception ... STOP THE CAR