[ZeroGravitas]

I myself was hit in a very similar way when 4 years old, while crossing a road outside a school, and also lost my front teeth.

My father tells of my clothes being cut off by the medics with scissors in the ambulance and my entire body being bruised and me having a Joker like smile from where the car ripped my face open. The scar still itches in cold weather.

He then himself nearly hit a child that ran out in front of him about a decade later and was totally shaken by the experience even though the car didn't actually make contact this time.

One of the reasons (there are many, I highly recommend it) I cycle commuted for years was that I didn't want to put myself in the position of being the driver that hits the kid that I once was.

Computer assisted braking and self driving both seem like good technical solutions to me. I trust computers much more than distracted humans and see the benefit for both the pedestrian who doesn't get hit, and the car driver who doesn't injure someone.