Everyone knew about it, everyone watched the video, but no one saw fit to report the incident or take responsibility.
So all the claims about 10 million miles without any serious incident are, effectively, false.
What else are they hiding? How safe these cars really are?
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Ca1CO6...
Does hackernews move posts around and change their timestamps?
I don't know if this link will continue working, but if you look at it through this view, the comment that you're replying to shows as "2 days ago": https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=oldgradstudent&next=...
But if you link to it directly, it shows as (currently) "4 hours ago": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18223066
I can understand the second-chance idea, but lying about when comments were posted is very strange.
That's pretty hyperbolic and loose with the facts.
You can't call it a hit and run, because Google's car did not hit the other vehicle.
You cannot say that Google was at fault for the incident because they had the right of way. While slowing down to let the other car merge would have been safer for everybody, it is on the merging vehicle to ensure they have space to merge safely and to safely respond if vehicles in the lane they are trying to forcibly merge into doesn't make space for them.
There is certainly a point to be made about what type of incidents are being reported. Incidents like this, where the self driving car behaves unexpectedly but legally are important information as we try to create the regulatory framework for self-driving vehicles.
It is interesting to note that the concept of "right of way" has been removed from various jurisdictions in Australia. We now have many "give way" rules. Basically, if someone is supposed to give way to you and you could have prevented an accident and didn't then you are considered proportionally at fault with the other person.
Not that many people take notice, but you are supposed to drive defensively here and work to avoid accidents. The only ones who have any sort of "right of way" are emergency service vehicles like ambulance, fire and police.
One thing I encourage the young people I know is to take up the various "defensive" driving courses that are available.