The best "pedestrian detection system" is still an attentive driver. When a driver tries to shift the burden of paying attention to a computer designed to work only under ideal conditions, people die.

New study from AAA:https://t.co/78c2JAtgIJ

— Tab Combs (@DrTCombs) October 3, 2019

When “works” means the systems detected pedestrians 0-40% of the time depending on the scenario. That’s a failing grade to me. https://t.co/2Zi30caGOi

— Catie Gould (@Citizen_Cate) October 3, 2019

@ConsumerReports gives crap advice to pedestrians at end of this article, of course written by a guy "hooked on anything with an engine". @KostelecPlan https://t.co/kZr3VMCv9S

— HamTech87 (@HamTech87) October 3, 2019

Also have a read of this for interest:https://t.co/psoWcTQ1iR

— Citizen Wolf (@CitizenW0lf) October 3, 2019

“Cars move fast and are heavy and hard; humans on foot move slower and are made of flesh and bone.” What more do we need to know?

https://t.co/keg4TC1ONn

— Caroline Russell (@CarolineRussell) October 3, 2019

"When two Boeing 737s went down, killing 346 people, it triggered multiple government investigations. But cars kill a 737’s worth of American pedestrians every couple of weeks. And the news cycle barely stutters" https://t.co/jyDjDOBPJi

— The Long Read (@gdnlongread) October 3, 2019

Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians? | Technology | The Guardian - https://t.co/qkDjbT8tDF
The answer is simple - Drive less, drive slower.
Its why #20splenty where people are. Why not come to our conference - from £60+vat pic.twitter.com/7tTyo9VqfS

— Rod King MBE (@20splentyforus) October 3, 2019

“It wasn’t that they doubted [pedestrian avoidance techn] might save some pedestrian lives. Instead, their concern was that it reflects an ongoing focus on individual shortcomings—on flawed drivers and walkers—and a neglect of flaws built in to the roads.”https://t.co/66kp1UCC9e

— Don Kostelec (@KostelecPlan) October 3, 2019

I thought this would be a good additional commentary to a day when this excellent piece on pedestrian and cyclist deaths by overlarge cars was published. We're all going to die because of fossil capitalism, stupidly large cars and truck nuts. 3/https://t.co/jOYkX8K5lg

— Prof Julia S. ??? ClimateAction & FightFascism (@JKSteinberger) October 3, 2019

Very good Guardian long read piece on why cars are killing more and more pedestrians – and why autonomous vehicles aren't the solution.https://t.co/fy9i38iwYY

— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) October 3, 2019

Because cars have gotten dangerously huge and are increasingly driven by people on their phones. https://t.co/qHDPshA59I

— HughS ??????????????? (@HowSoonHathTime) October 3, 2019

A long but very interesting read on the future of road safety and the inadequacy of automation.

Looking forward to debating this pressing issue at our upcoming Health & Wellbeing course (10-13 December) @TSUOxford https://t.co/YMqFJ7GuOh

— ExecCourses@TSU (@OxfordTransport) October 3, 2019

“Our discourse around cars, self-driving or otherwise, is less about transforming the status quo than maintaining it, obscuring paths to progress...leaving pedestrians right in the line of fire.” https://t.co/FrT2TQX02q

— madamwestbikes (@madamwestbikes) October 3, 2019

Road safety agencies are failing pedestrians and there is no reason to think this will change... https://t.co/XnX5oFXgoy

— Tony Arnold (@TonyArnold74) October 3, 2019

"We talk a great deal about how cars congest our cities and pollute the atmosphere. We talk less about how they keep killing and maiming people simply trying to get from A to B on two feet." https://t.co/jyDjDOBPJi

— The Long Read (@gdnlongread) October 3, 2019

Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians? https://t.co/2Q0ZxMKbxO pic.twitter.com/sqB6Lefimw

— ⚠️ Damn Interesting (@DamnInteresting) October 3, 2019

For drivers, roads are safer than ever – but for people on foot, they are getting deadlier. Car companies and Silicon Valley claim that they have the solution. But is that too good to be true? https://t.co/jyDjDOBPJi

— The Long Read (@gdnlongread) October 3, 2019

Could improved vehicle technologies and pedestrian detection systems prevent a growing number of collision fatalities on American roads?

Read here ? https://t.co/XbTqTRovLi
via @guardiantech

— FIA Foundation (@FIAFdn) October 3, 2019

This & dangerous conflicts programmed into our traffic lights make up 99% of my woes on our roads:

"You have to recognise the reality of road users who aren’t in cars. You have to design roads so people in cars take notice of their fellow road users."https://t.co/8U0ALBIBmg?

— HRM Safe Streets for Everyone (@martynbwilliams) October 3, 2019

Great long read on driverless cars and pedestrian safety by @apcbapcb https://t.co/yRJBoIYIly

— London Car Free Day (@carfreedayLDN) October 3, 2019

We are still pretty far from making even the simplest automated safety features effective. Full autonomy is far away.

AAA study finds safety features in new cars aimed at preventing pedestrian collisions often fail https://t.co/lpRicWqoem

— Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) October 3, 2019

"New Cars’ Pedestrian-Safety Features Fail in Deadliest Situations, Study Finds" https://t.co/2V2TYPKLvc

"Testers picked 4 sedans (including a) Tesla Model 3 (and) the cars struggled with each test."

BUT FULL SELF-DRIVING IN CITIES LATER THIS YEAR.#BlatantFuckingFraud$TSLA

— Mark B. Spiegel (@markbspiegel) October 3, 2019

Pedestrian deaths continue to climb. Could it be that drivers are becoming overly reliant on safety features that don't actually work that well?https://t.co/xtzjGhVMGr

— R.J. Lehmann (@raylehmann) October 3, 2019

“This research shows why effective pedestrian detection should come standard in every new car... Technology that saves lives shouldn’t be just a luxury add-on,” says Ethan Douglas, senior policy analyst at CR. @CRAdvocacy via @ConsumerReports cc @CRCars https://t.co/ESkgKBp7jU

— William Wallace (@WWconsumer) October 3, 2019

“Pedestrian detection technologies use a variety of “eyes”—cameras, radar, and other sensors—to allow cars to “see” what’s happening on the roads around them.” https://t.co/deFMxuH58j

— Alexandria Families for Safe Streets (@alxsafestreets) October 3, 2019

Yikes! "The pedestrian detection systems proved ineffective when encountering an adult crossing the road at night....Performance of the systems at night is particularly critical—NHTSA reports that 75 percent of pedestrian fatalities occur after dark." https://t.co/KYcSORrzSA

— Ken McLeod (@Kenmcld) October 3, 2019

Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians? ⁦@guardian⁩ https://t.co/TjjYi5koxj

— Prof Chris Oliver (@CyclingSurgeon) October 4, 2019

A long read as it says, but the big takeaway sentence is this:
In almost every country in the world, regardless of national prosperity, it remains on average more dangerous, per mile of travel, to be a pedestrian than to be a car driver or passenger. https://t.co/60dmELfKRF

— Julian Dean (@JulianDean99) October 3, 2019

Good read. The solution is to make human drivers safer drivers with the application of IR vision driver monitoring systems to detect for distraction, fatigue and "mind wandering". Sadly the author didn't get to that point. Maybe next time...https://t.co/itWP75BgzJ

— Semicast Research (@semicast_res) October 4, 2019

Thoroughly researched piece on the notion that vehicle tech will not save pedestrians

Great to see colleague, Dr. ⁦@laura_sandt⁩ get some air time among the manel of ped safety experts (invaluable colleagues tho they are) https://t.co/zPSVSSaUeY

— Seth LaJeunesse (@SethLaJ307) October 3, 2019

For drivers, roads are safer than ever – but for people on foot, they are getting deadlier. Car companies and Silicon Valley claim that they have the solution. But is that too good to be true? https://t.co/TgFRR3hEAg Yes, cars are inherently dangerous...

— Kim Harding (@kim_harding) October 4, 2019

A new trend in the making, it is increasingly more dangerous to be a a pedestrian than to be a car driver or passenger. Worldwide, more than 700 pedestrians die every day. Four times that number are seriously injured. https://t.co/AuyzRR5lQt

— David Levi-Faur (@davidlevifaur) October 3, 2019

Why are more pedestrians than ever being killed in auto collisions? https://t.co/BsI2nweYgZ

— Joyce Park (@troutgirl) October 4, 2019

Collision course: why are cars killing more and more people? | Spoiler- because cars are getting bigger and driving faster ⁦@BikeAKL⁩ ⁦@rg_jones⁩ ⁦@GraemeGun⁩ https://t.co/mPMEbiSXwx

— Andrew Eagles (@eaglesandrew) October 3, 2019

This should be required reading for everyone involved in our state's autonomous vehicle work group. I want to know how lane departure prevention system may actually be steering cars into pedestrians the driver is trying to avoid. HT @KostelecPlan https://t.co/oCcqCMObk0

— Anna Zivarts (@AnnaZivarts) October 3, 2019

„When two Boeing 737s went down, killing 346 people, it triggered multiple government investigations. But cars kill a 737’s worth of American pedestrians every couple of weeks. Internationally, it is more than three 737s per day.“ https://t.co/ztxVu2A757 @anreidl

— Christian Schwägerl (@chrschwaegerl) October 3, 2019

"if you want to keep people safe, you have to design streets differently. You have to slow the cars down."https://t.co/UzJyanPLNS

— Kat (That's Dr Punk to you.) (@epi_punk) October 3, 2019