It failed to detect a stationary mannequin in one specific scenario. Does this generalize? Does this mean there's a major safety problem? These would be assumptions that this test can not prove.
A comprehensive safety analysis has to also include these scenarios: https://youtu.be/hx7BXih7zx8?t=205
I'm struggling to see how any generalization would not be a much worse scenario.
No. But there could be protesters blocking the highway. As annoying as they are, running them over is not an option.
The Dawn Project test cannot answer such questions.
I believe that NHTSA is working on this and related questions across the industry and I expect them to produce a more useful result on their own than what can be produced by single-minded reports like this.
I can't fugure out the "even slow down" claim when the car goes from 40 to 25mph by itself?
But it did not slow down anywhere near the mannequin, and even sped up a little bit when hitting the mannequin in 1 trial.