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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 ou
by 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 agoEven 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 agoSorting out which laws we don't really want drivers to follow will take some time but it's not a critical problem