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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by daveFNbuck on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:38AM (#12480023)
My question would be how can a human handle that scenario without computer assistance? You can always add a visual sensor near the front bumper of a self-driving car to safely let it peak around the corner without having to pull forward far enough to get hit.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by stcredzero on Monday September 12, 2016 @01:14PM (#12481563)
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by therealdrag0 on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:35PM (#12536328)
Reminds me of: https://twitter.com/stealthmountain
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by daveFNbuck on Monday September 12, 2016 @01:42PM (#12481844)
Oops! Too bad I can't edit :(
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by futureproofd on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:56AM (#12480186)
Mud on front bumper...hmm
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by captaincanoe on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:06AM (#12480300)
How is it better to prevent the computer from safely see around the corner almost all the time only because mud will prevent it some of the time, but allow the human to continue driving while never being able to safely see around the corner?
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by Naritai on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:02AM (#12480253)
No different from mud on a windshield. Alert goes off that it can't drive until the camera is cleaned off.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by damienkatz on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:22PM (#12481011)
Or some sort of cleaning mechanism on the sensor. A "wiper" if you will.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by ZanyProgrammer on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:30AM (#12480547)
So they'll automatically pull over to the side of the road, even if there's no shoulder? Or unsafe?
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by icebraining on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:59AM (#12480802)
No, they just won't do turns with poor visibility in the meantime.
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