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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday December 17, 2017 @02:38PM (#15947252)
It probably shouldn't be going fast enough in the first place for it to be an issue in suburban situations. It should be able to react in time even if a dog/child appears from behind a large parked vehicle. This should also be true of human drvers, but probably isn't.

But yes, deer beside faster roads etc. should probably trigger precautionary measures to ensure reaction times will be sufficient.

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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by mlinksva on Sunday December 17, 2017 @03:17PM (#15947414)
Human drivers _shouldn't_ be going fast enough for it to be an issue in the first place, either. We lost that one close to 100 years ago -- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236825193_Street_Ri... on in audio form https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-76-the-modern... -- and have been living in the resulting hellscape since. No guarantee computer drivers will be drive at speeds safe for humans.
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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by squiggleblaz on Sunday December 17, 2017 @07:57PM (#15948640)
I surely hope that we will be much less forgiving of machines beating our children to death because they had the temerity to play in front of their own house, then when adults beat children to death because they had the temerity to play in front of their own house.

It's despicable that anyone thinks it's acceptable, but it's different to say "you aren't allowed to beat that child to death when you're trying to get home after an exhausting day of work" than to say "Google isn't allowed to beat that child to death in order to sell a few extra taxis".

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