Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without an accident

Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by krasin on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @03:41PM (#4351862)

In the city, when there're many pedestrians on the roads, I would expect from autonomous car to drive slower and stop in case of pedestrian spotted (human drivers are smarter, but they usually violate speed limits and have worse reaction time)

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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by pavel_lishin on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:16PM (#4352035)

I'm afraid that in New York, this would just lead to total gridlock as a few people would stop traffic by jaywalking, leading to a bigger flow of people following them.

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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by danweber on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @06:48PM (#4352802)

There's a classic science fiction story that I cannot remember now where people do exactly that.

If it becomes a problem, the car can transmit images of the jaywalkers to the police.

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