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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by pkolaczk on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:14AM (#21471394)
Just a few minutes ago I had a very similar situation, although at day time. I was going at about 40 kmph straight forward my lane near a bus standing at a bus stop at the right side of the street. At the moment I was passing the bus, a young person almost jumped out in front of me, maybe 15-25 meters away. They were hidden behind the bus, so I had no way to see this coming in advance. Fortunately they realized I was coming and backed off and I also managed to stop completely before them.

So if my reaction was 5.7 seconds, I'd definitely have applied brakes far too late. I conclude the total time from classifying the object moving into my way and applying brakes was less than a second. (And btw, my car has emergency braking / pedestrian avoiding system and it didn't trigger, so I was faster).

Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by Piskvorrr on Monday November 11, 2019 @06:01AM (#21503767)
You had experience "hope that nobody jumps out from behind that bus, as people tend to do", however. Hard to formalize, IMHO.