I lost a beloved cat a few months ago that ran into the road. My security camera caught the whole thing.

"What if?" Is its own torment for us, but analytically, she simply wasn't visible and there was nothing the driver could/should have done to prevent the horrible outcome.

There are in life no-win situations. It hurts, but it's an adult realization. Cats go under cars to hide - to avoid being seen - and can't grasp danger the same as humans.

A small animal not being visible to a human or robotic driver is absolutely a viable excuse. It's sad that the cat died, but it's first an foremost the fault of the owners for letting their cat out.

I don't like the tech bro world and I'm not a fan of driverless vehicles, but this didn't happen because it was driverless and the outcome would be the same if their were a person behind the wheel.

You can definitely argue against cars being on the road in general, but I was on a bike ride with a buddy the other day, and he hit a squirrel that ran between us and then under his bike. Sometimes bad things happen especially when dealing with animals, and blaming a computer blindly is dumb AF.