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A comment on Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video]. Parent comment

Re:Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video] by outworlder on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:59PM (#22229013)
> In this particular example, I would expect self-driving cars to be vastly better than most human drivers in this situation at maintaining control while pulling over and stopping.

Cars today are vastly better at maintaining control in this situation even without self-driving. If the car has traction control, as long as the driver doesn't panic they will have a much greater chance of keeping control of their vehicle, compared to cars without a computer assisting them.

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Re:Tesla's self driving algorithm's overlay [video] by Smoosh on Monday February 03, 2020 @04:39PM (#22229466)
This is an area which I am interested in.

While most interest/discussion in self-driving surrounds the interpretation of the environment viz other road users, road markings and signage, I am following the (too slowly developing) Roborace, Stanford's MARTY and similar efforts to automate expert car control including handling the loss of control.

I look forward to the day when passengers can be confident that they are safer than with even the best human driver. And not just statistically safer, but demonstrably so.

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