Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs...
by smileysteve on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:16PM
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This, whether it's a speed bump, trash, tire tread, tow hitch, bicycle, animal, or person in the road, it does significantly more damage at 35mph than it does at the reasonable decrease to 25mph.
Basically, absent vehicles behind you and to each side, a driver should stop until the object can be identified and determined if it will do damage or be avoided.
Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs...
by johannes1234321 on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @07:09PM
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> Well, also, any of those categories should trigger braking themselves. You can't hit vehicles or bicycles.
A bicycle on the side of the same lane will typically move in the same direction and stay on the side. Thus the car has to overtake.
That is different from a person crossing the street.
You always have to make assumptions, about elements in the path. And it has to have an option to handle the worst case.
Well, also, any of those categories should trigger braking themselves. You can't hit vehicles or bicycles. You can't hit "other" either. If you plan to hit something, it needs to be a piece of paper or some such. As a_t48 points out, classification is not needed to avoid objects, so being confused about what the object is is totally irrelevant.