Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
by dsfyu404ed on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:58PM
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>Yes, this intentionally violates the letter of the traffic laws...
...so you probably won't find any support for it in this crowd.
> there's no fundamental reason that computer-controlled cars can't do this.
Sure, there's no fundamental reason you can't swerve but you need to identify the thing in the road you're trying not to hit before you can decide whether to swerve or brake. Self driving cars can't yet reliably ID things well enough to take the only evasive action they know (stopping).
...so you probably won't find any support for it in this crowd.
> there's no fundamental reason that computer-controlled cars can't do this.
Sure, there's no fundamental reason you can't swerve but you need to identify the thing in the road you're trying not to hit before you can decide whether to swerve or brake. Self driving cars can't yet reliably ID things well enough to take the only evasive action they know (stopping).