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I don't know what my reaction will be to a fully autonomous self-driving truck at a 4-way stop when we arrive at the same time. You have to decide who goes next

I don't know what my reaction will be to a fully autonomous self-driving truck at a 4-way stop when we arrive at the same time. You have to decide who goes next. I usually wave the other guy through if they appear to be in a hurry. Now, there is no other guy. Will the truck sit there and ignore me waving? And finally do the start-stop dance when I try to go? (Or roll it's headlight eyes and mutter "humans..." when I do a rolling stop and flip it off?)

brak1 10y ago
a variation on this: http://www.linfo.org/csma_cd.html http://www.linfo.org/csma_cd.html ? Just without actual collisions...
delecti 10y ago
Well the laws for a 4-way stop aren't ambiguous. The autonomous vehicles will know the laws and try to follow them until one of us dumb meat-bags tries to go out of turn. Arriving at the exact same time is comparatively rare, and the computer will know who arrived first.
- mattmcknight 10y ago
  Even when arriving at the same time, yield to the vehicle to your the right. (in the US) If you are across from each other and one vehicle is turning, the turning vehicle yields. Not even that much code to write...
- laserDinosaur 10y ago
  >Arriving at the exact same time is comparatively rare, and the computer will know who arrived first. I recently moved to north america and heard that same 'what if everyone gets to the intersection at the same time' quandary. In Australia, the rules say the person to your right always goes first, regardless of who actually got there first. If you pull up and then a second after someone else pulls up to your right, they now go first instead. It can be a little annoying in busy areas but I think that's also why we also have so many round abouts. I've always been curious if it's a written or unwritten rule in north america, the whole 'he who gets there first goes first' rule.
- Symmetry 10y ago
  Sorting out which laws we don't really want drivers to follow will take some time but it's not a critical problem
3princip 10y ago
Drivers will observe that the software is probably very conservative and will always yield. Getting stuck behind one of these waiting at a busy junction may become a pain.
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brak1 10y ago

a variation on this: http://www.linfo.org/csma_cd.html http://www.linfo.org/csma_cd.html ? Just without actual collisions...

delecti 10y ago

Well the laws for a 4-way stop aren't ambiguous. The autonomous vehicles will know the laws and try to follow them until one of us dumb meat-bags tries to go out of turn. Arriving at the exact same time is comparatively rare, and the computer will know who arrived first.

mattmcknight 10y ago
Even when arriving at the same time, yield to the vehicle to your the right. (in the US) If you are across from each other and one vehicle is turning, the turning vehicle yields. Not even that much code to write...
laserDinosaur 10y ago
>Arriving at the exact same time is comparatively rare, and the computer will know who arrived first. I recently moved to north america and heard that same 'what if everyone gets to the intersection at the same time' quandary. In Australia, the rules say the person to your right always goes first, regardless of who actually got there first. If you pull up and then a second after someone else pulls up to your right, they now go first instead. It can be a little annoying in busy areas but I think that's also why we also have so many round abouts. I've always been curious if it's a written or unwritten rule in north america, the whole 'he who gets there first goes first' rule.
Symmetry 10y ago
Sorting out which laws we don't really want drivers to follow will take some time but it's not a critical problem

3princip 10y ago

Drivers will observe that the software is probably very conservative and will always yield. Getting stuck behind one of these waiting at a busy junction may become a pain.

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