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		mrep on May 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it s... Pretty much all interstates have barriers between the directions to prevent head on collisions.

oldgradstudent on May 8, 2018 [–]

Hitting a barrier in highway speeds is quite dangerous, even without hitting a car in the oncoming lane.

As the recent Tesla crash showed, even on a divided highway there are plenty of opportunities to cause death and mayhem to the autonomous car and the surrounding vehicles.

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