When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal

Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by jclardy on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:00AM (#14838511)

And what would be the point of a decal/video screen designed to trick people (Autonomous or not) into rear-ending your van?

That said I do agree with the premise of the article, in order to beat humans cars will need more sensors. As humans we have our two eyes behind a windshield that can be blocked by fog, heavy rain/snow, the glare from the sun, or distracted by a litany of other things.

By having multiple camera sensors in addition to things like radar, lidar and ultrasonic sensors it should be "easy" to beat humans at driving, something that the human body wasn't designed for.

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by yorwba on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:56AM (#14838919)

> And what would be the point of a decal/video screen designed to trick people (Autonomous or not) into rear-ending your van?

There is a "popular" scam in China, where someone pretends to get hit by a car and then demands compensation. This occasionally leads to funny videos where they fall down too early and the car just drives around them; but I guess the scammers still make a profit.

Something similar could be done by luring autonomous cars into a crash and then trying to squeeze them for money.

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by diggernet on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:56AM (#14839523)

This is also the reason so many Russian drivers have dash cams.

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