[birdmanjeremy]

Arizona requires drivers to "exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian". If a fatality results, but due care was taken by the driver to avoid it, then the tragic accident is just that, an accident.

Like my comment says, let's wait until we have facts before passing judgement.

[bluetwo]

Sure, we don't know many of the details.

But from this distance, things don't look good for the technology or the future of autonomous trials on public roads.

The evidence that due care was not taken will pretty much be the existence of the fatality.

There surely will be video, from the car itself and also perhaps third party security or traffic cameras. The level of carelessness we are going to have to see in order for a jury to blame the victim will be pretty high.

[birdmanjeremy]

I agree with the final paragraph in your comment. All I'm saying is let's reserve judgement until we know what happened.

As for a fatality proving that due care was not taken, I agree. It doesn't tell you who failed to take due care though.