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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by LatteLazy on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:31AM (#25728606)
It would be nice if there was a sign post for "auto drive failure ahead". You could put that a minute up the road, the car could see it, ping at the driver until he take over, cross the grid and then re-engage.

This seems to be the correct solution for 99% of these Edge cases...

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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by t0mas88 on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:03AM (#25728945)
Great idea. The car already has sign-recognition technology so this should be easy to implement.
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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by TRcontrarian on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:20AM (#25729105)
Someone might find it hilarious to put that sign in their front yard to mess with passers by
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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by hypertele-Xii on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:24AM (#25729145)
Pretty sure it's illegal to put up traffic signs without permission.
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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by wasdfff on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:30AM (#25731231)
Illegal but unenforced unless its called in. There are a number of these in my neighborhood in effort to stymie tourists.
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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by btbuildem on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:56AM (#25729615)
I imagine it would be more than a visual sign -- something with a specific emitter, etc, not easily spoofed.
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Re:Somerset cattle grid mistaken for wall by car sensors by SemiNormal on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:41AM (#25730368)
It seems it isn't just auto drive. Cars with object collision detection are slamming on the brakes when they come near this cattle grid. Signs wouldn't help in that case.
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