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""That seems like a serious design omission," Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, who studies autonomous vehicle regulations. "I can understand disabling Volvo’s systems, but it sounds like a lot of tasks were placed on a single safety driver."

"Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina school of law, who writes regularly on autonomous driving matters, said he was surprised by how quickly the case was settled.  “I respect the family's privacy, but I also wish that the terms here were public. I associate transparency with trustworthiness, and I would encourage Uber to be more public about its process in general,” he said." Read more about Uber settles self-driving car crash case with victim’s family

"But Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington’s law school, who writes regularly on robotics and cyber law, said in a tweet: “I watched the video of the driverless car collide with Ms Herzberg and I simply disagree that it absolves Uber.” Both Prof Calo and Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina’s law school and an expert on autonomous vehicles, said that the Uber vehicle’s array of sensors and camera equipment, which include a Lidar system that sends out laser pulses to “see” its surroundings, should have detected Ms Herzberg, given h Read more about Police release video of Uber fatal collision

"If her family were to pursue a civil case, attorneys could potentially make a range of negligence claims, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina and a legal expert on autonomous cars.

Depending on what might have gone wrong, the victim’s family could argue that a number of players were liable, including the car maker, the operator behind the wheel, the manufacturers of various specific technologies, and Uber itself, he said. Read more about 'Uber should be shut down': friends of self-driving car crash victim seek justice