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I guess the question is, was the driver able to see it? I can see how maybe the contrast was so low that maybe it was impossible to see anything except for the
by SapphireSun 10y ago
I guess the question is, was the driver able to see it? I can see how maybe the contrast was so low that maybe it was impossible to see anything except for the wheels which you might not notice. And if the part of the tractor trailer in the path is elevated... sensors sweeping forward see just road.
I guess I'd like to see an NHTSB simulation of the situation in manual driving to see how humans do unassisted.
- stcredzero 10y agoAnd if the part of the tractor trailer in the path is elevated... sensors sweeping forward see just road. It could be even worse. If there was a "road surface mirage" then it's possible that both the truck and the road underneath it were not visible at all. Since the forward radar doesn't have the range or coverage to see a truck at a distance, the only sensor that could have detected the problem was the camera. Because of the phenomena I've mentioned above and the parent post has mentioned, we know this can't possibly work. Even worse, the circumstances in which the car's sensor could fail are precisely the ones in which the Mark 1 Eyeball would also fail.
- tim333 10y agoA google search shows several white trailers against blue skies. It's hard to see how a human could miss them unless there were weird conditions or they weren't looking that way. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=semi-trailer&num=30&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4_vmf8tDNAhWIJMAKHSRTBnoQ_AUICCgB&biw=1093&bih=479 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=semi-trailer&num=30&source...