[piotrkaminski]

> That wouldn't affect LIDAR, would it? The safety driver may not have been able to avoid the collision, but what about the self-driving car itself? I would like to know more before ruling out Uber's fault.

That's actually an interesting question, I think: should we assign (formal, legal) fault to self-driving cars based on their actual capabilities, or on the capabilities of an average human driver in similar circumstances? What do we currently do when humans of very unequal skill (e.g., a race car driver vs daily commuter) have an accident -- does the race car driver potentially shoulder more of the blame? If not, should self-driving cars be treated differently?

Honest questions, I'm not sure how I'd answer them myself.