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Re:How Many Sensors for Autonomous Driving? by jvm___ on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:19PM (#36232062)
Isn't that how Waymo killed a pedestrian/cyclist? It couldn't decide if she was a cyclist or pedestrian, as she was walking and pushing her bicycle, so it never braked.

She was homeless so the shape of her bike wasn't a proper bike so it got confused.

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Re:How Many Sensors for Autonomous Driving? by magicalist on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:01PM (#36232698)
Uber, and it probably could have braked but the emergency braking was purposefully disabled.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg

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Re:How Many Sensors for Autonomous Driving? by dbcurtis on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:21PM (#36233759)
Yes, Uber, operating in Level 3, and safety driver was watching a movie on phone at the time.

Very different circumstances. I don’t think this was a classifier defect. Not that I was ever a fan of Uber’s development program, but in this case I can’t fault the platform.

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