Re:Self-Driving Cars Can Handle Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow
by ghaff on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:41AM
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>the driver can just pull over and stop
Yes, sometimes you can pull over and sometimes you just have to put the blinkers on, stop in the traffic lane, and hope for the best--even though it can be very dangerous. One challenge is that, with full autonomy, the vehicle needs to be able to very quickly deal with a once-in-10-years scenario in the least bad way--both for its occupants and for any other traffic on the road.
Yes, sometimes you can pull over and sometimes you just have to put the blinkers on, stop in the traffic lane, and hope for the best--even though it can be very dangerous. One challenge is that, with full autonomy, the vehicle needs to be able to very quickly deal with a once-in-10-years scenario in the least bad way--both for its occupants and for any other traffic on the road.