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First you try countermeasures, if that fails you remove yourself from traffic. At least that's what humans do in that situation.
>or - when photons cover the subject that the camera/sensor is supposed to be reading -- last this happened the rider died
A frequent problem for human drivers too.
We just need good heuristics how to come to a safe stop, and be generally better than the average driver.
Not sure how well these things are currently managed by self-driving cars??
First you try countermeasures, if that fails you remove yourself from traffic. At least that's what humans do in that situation.
>or - when photons cover the subject that the camera/sensor is supposed to be reading -- last this happened the rider died
A frequent problem for human drivers too.
We just need good heuristics how to come to a safe stop, and be generally better than the average driver.