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Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by dwighttk on Friday March 09, 2018 @07:56AM (#16551384)
“That situation” was loss of contact with a control center. What is the equivalent for people?
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Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by CDRdude on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:05AM (#16551427)
Perhaps dense fog, or whiteout blizzard conditions? I’m making the assumption that the server parses the data from the truck to determine what it is seeing.
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Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by winthrowe on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:20AM (#16551495)
No, those are sensor failures, not external communications failures.

The human equivalent would be being unable to call someone for directions.

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Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by Maybestring on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:23AM (#16551514)
The article says it's a person making decisions with acceptable delays of 15 seconds.
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Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by dronescanfly on Friday March 09, 2018 @07:59AM (#16551401)
fainting. I do believe braking and stopping is better than swerving and crashing...
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Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by dwighttk on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:46AM (#16551669)
no, there isn't a person constantly driving on the other end of the connection
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