the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'talk' to each other

Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by patapong on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @05:33AM (#41298368)

Not necessarily? This depends on how the system is set up.

For example, cars could share the positions of pedestrians and bikes with each other to ensure that even cars with no direct line of sight are aware of them, making the roads safer for everyone.

Likewise, if traffic lights are integrated into the system, the waiting times could be much shorter as cars can dynamically slow down to allow pedestrians to cross, wihtout being contrained by fixed time blocks of green/red.

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by xen0 on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @08:19AM (#41299363)

We already have systems that permit pedestrians to cross with priority over cars; they don't need lights.

They don't scale to really busy streets, and one of the failure modes would be perpetually blocked vehicles.

And this still leaves other road users that aren't autonomous cars up in the air.

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