Re:Tesla autopilot stops a collision [video]
by irl_zebra on Friday October 30, 2015 @01:58PM
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Maybe a non sequitur, but maybe a future step would be putting the radar at every intersection and linking it all up to the cloud and then to cars. It would be like Google Maps traffic except super granular. If every car had data about what cars were coming up the street and generally at what speed, perhaps not only could accidents around corners be prevented, but automated cars could just go anytime it's safe without regard to traffic signs.
Re:Tesla autopilot stops a collision [video]
by marssaxman on Friday October 30, 2015 @06:21PM
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What a surveillance-state dystopia that sounds like. Do not want!
In that world, could one safely run a red light? Sometimes yes, but there are limits even to the highest-performing sensors and servos. An intersection with large buildings on every corner would still be dangerous--radar and lasers can't see through walls or around corners, and even with perfect reaction times and brake control, a car doing 30mph has as a minimum stopping distance that would take it into the intersection.
So, I don't know that people would think that they are invincible. And traffic signals would still be enforced by law.