Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’

Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by landryraccoon on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:11PM (#20461025)

> In short, sensors on autonomous vehicles don’t work well in snow or rain

This is a curious line of reasoning for me. Why are humans allowed to drive in snow or rain though? Your sensors work considerably worse in snow or rain, and there is abundant evidence over the entire history of cars that humans butcher each other with motor vehicles in snow or rain constantly.

The bar is simply that an autonomous car has to be significantly less likely to cause an injury in snow or rain than a human is.

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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by refurb on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:16PM (#20461100)

The problem is that with current technology (as I understand it), it doesn't just make a self-driving car worse in the rain or snow, it makes it so it can't drive at all.

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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by shareIdeas on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:19PM (#20461128)

5G will give vehicle position better than GPS, will they use this instead of sensors for Lane detection?

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Re:Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Fut... by untog on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:42PM (#20461387)

Lane detection isn't really the big problem here, though. It's whether there is an obstacle on the road in front of you.

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