Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.

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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.
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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

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Bonus points if they are jaywalking because they have the right of way.

What does this even mean?

It means someone isn't using a crosswalk but still has the right of way by virtue of being a pedestrian.

Yeah. Maybe it is different where others live but it is incredibly common for people to just say "fuck it" because they know others will stop or swerve. Happens in cars and on foot