Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t...
by carapace on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:46PM
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> You make me sound like a crazy driver
No, you did that:
> I often have pedestrians walk towards the street and I assume they will stop so I don't slow down unless they are children or similar. Almost every day I could hit pedestrians if they kept walking.
With respect, I don't know what you meant to say but that sounds like a description of a bad (or at least inconsiderate) driver to me.
In any case, when I think about how I would design a self driving car, an "auto-auto", the first principle I came up with was that it should never travel so fast that it couldn't safely slow down or break to avoid a possible collision. This is the bedrock, foundational principal.
No, you did that:
> I often have pedestrians walk towards the street and I assume they will stop so I don't slow down unless they are children or similar. Almost every day I could hit pedestrians if they kept walking.
With respect, I don't know what you meant to say but that sounds like a description of a bad (or at least inconsiderate) driver to me.
In any case, when I think about how I would design a self driving car, an "auto-auto", the first principle I came up with was that it should never travel so fast that it couldn't safely slow down or break to avoid a possible collision. This is the bedrock, foundational principal.