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I don't feel great about someone being able to force a self-driving car to kill the owner by jaywalking. Then again, hopefully cars aren't going fast enough to

I don't feel great about someone being able to force a self-driving car to kill the owner by jaywalking. Then again, hopefully cars aren't going fast enough to kill the owner in places where people often jaywalk.

DanBC 11y ago
The A417 between Cirencester and Cheltenham is a dual carriageway that ha pedestrian footpaths across it. Terrifying. Imagine driving at 70mph toward this: 350 yard warning: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8078399,-2.0618748,3a,75y,167.44h,96.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKTMpYzvV-A1YmgE5UK7BAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8078399,-2.0618748,3a,75y,... actual crossing: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8051623,-2.0595278,3a,75y,167.44h,96.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saNdFJWBbToa05d8ajkXiXA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8051623,-2.0595278,3a,75y,... That's I think 10 seconds for drivers travelling at 70 mph. (Not sure what's going on here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8136298,-2.0688216,3a,75y,148.67h,59.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbQCbbwJ2upiqQW-CJm_11g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8136298,-2.0688216,3a,75y,...
- maxerickson 11y ago
  Does that arise because the path is a right of way?
  - DanBC 11y ago
    Yes. I think it's part of the Cotswold way, perhaps. There are a few more like that.
- bsimpson 11y ago
  That's terrifying.