Re:An Update on Last Week’s Accident
by 1123581321 on Friday March 30, 2018 @10:50PM
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It doesn't seem like pulling to the right would be safe in this situation. I think that automatically slowing down would be, though. Even slowing at a rate similar to a human letting their foot off the gas (to avoid unexpected behavior) would reduce the chance of fatality in a crash.
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Re:An Update on Last Week’s Accident
by andrewprock on Friday March 30, 2018 @11:01PM
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People pull over to the shoulder safely everyday. If an autopilot car cannot do this, it should not be on the road.
Re:An Update on Last Week’s Accident
by 1123581321 on Friday March 30, 2018 @11:20PM
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People do not pull over to the shoulder when they are between lanes in (presumably) busy traffic, which is where you have to be to hit a median.
I am not sure if Tesla's current system, which is still just cruise control with steering, should ever be changing lanes unprompted. I don't have a Tesla but I would not want my car's cruise control to do that right now. I do think that pulling over in safe conditions is something that a self-driving system needs to be able to do at some point on the path to full autonomy.
Re:An Update on Last Week’s Accident
by jonhendry18 on Saturday March 31, 2018 @12:39AM
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In this situation I think the lane to the right is not the shoulder. So in a situation where there are only seconds to respond to an obstacle, there might be cars blocking the Tesla on the right.