Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck
by isostatic on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @02:45AM
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> We observe other agents acting in an environment, deduce their policy, then implement that policy ourselves.
This is essential, especially internationally. If you're an American you think it's perfect normal to be allowed to turn right even when the traffic light is red. You don't get told not to do that when you hire a car in Italy. Now an automatic car can be programmed with different rules depending on which country it's in, but even in the same country, you wouldn't enter a box junction when the exit isn't clear, at least in most places. Turn up in rush hour London and you find there's no way to actually get through the junction unless you do that, because others fill the junction so when your light is on green, the exit isn't clear.
I remember pulling upto a red light late an night. Empty road, but the red light only goes green when it detects a car. It didn't. What would a fully automatic car do in that case?
This is essential, especially internationally. If you're an American you think it's perfect normal to be allowed to turn right even when the traffic light is red. You don't get told not to do that when you hire a car in Italy. Now an automatic car can be programmed with different rules depending on which country it's in, but even in the same country, you wouldn't enter a box junction when the exit isn't clear, at least in most places. Turn up in rush hour London and you find there's no way to actually get through the junction unless you do that, because others fill the junction so when your light is on green, the exit isn't clear.
I remember pulling upto a red light late an night. Empty road, but the red light only goes green when it detects a car. It didn't. What would a fully automatic car do in that case?