Last article that was talking about Uber I asked why LIDAR wouldn’t have lit up that lady up. The response was “LIDAR might have been disabled”... as if that was any sort of acceptable scenario.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/07/technology/waymo-v-uber-tech...
You're saying that car drivers don't check their mirrors correctly when manouvering, which to me sounds dangerous.