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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by azinman2 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:44PM (#17145802)
Except it’s patently clear that is a flawed concept. Here’s a prime example where a human, not paying attention because the car has been successfully driving for a while, is given 1-2 seconds to emergency stop the car. That is not enough time to process what’s going on and take over. Even 10 seconds is likely not enough.
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by masklinn on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:05PM (#17146046)
Worse, under Uber's regime the one human had to deal with both emergency situations (without warnings from the system) and instrumentation feedback (without a HUD), so the intended operation of this test was that the safety driver spends half the time looking down and away from the road.
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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by ufo on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:19PM (#17146794)
And they also ran tests at night. This is not an obstacle for the LIDAR but is an extra challenge for the human.
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