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It's tempting to strap random hardware to your roof to make other drivers fear you and give you more space.
by username223 10y ago
It's tempting to strap random hardware to your roof to make other drivers fear you and give you more space.
- andai 10y agohahahaha
- andai 10y agoSince I can no longer delete this, I'll just say, I genuinely thought it was a joke! Is there a way to express appreciation of humor on HN without getting down voted? (Obviously 'lol' / 'haha' are looked down upon here)
- username223 10y agoFor what it's worth, it was intended as a joke, and I didn't vote on your comment either way. If I appreciate someone else's joke here, I'll usually just upvote it. PS -- If anyone actually does this, e.g. by strapping an old SGI Indy and its 90s webcam to their ride, please post photos here!
- dilap 10y agoi see them all the time skating, and they are already far less scary than normal drivers :)
- icanhackit 10y agoA cheaper trick would be to plaster signs on your car saying Self Driving Test Unit - Pre Alpha.
- knodi123 10y agodang, you mean I'm going to have to upgrade my "Student Driver" sign?
- gregschlom 10y agoIt may result in the opposite effect though: pedestrians more willing to cross the street in front of you, and other cars trying to mess with you. (A friend of mine was telling me how he tried going really fast then braking hard behind a self driving car in front of him). The car swerved into the bike lane and almost hit a bicyclist before the driver regained manual control of the car)
- WillPostForFood 10y agoThe same irresponsible behavior likely would have a similar effect on a human driven car.
- tsomctl 10y agoGood thing California requires license plates on the front of vehicles. That way, if the bicyclist was hurt/killed, the video recorded by the self driving car would show your friend was the one liable.
- jacquesm 10y agoI'm not sure that's correct. The self driving car should have stayed in its lane because an accident between two cars is preferable to an accident between a cyclist and a car, especially if the cyclist is not otherwise involved. Self driving cars should protect the weaker traffic participants, not use their space as a 'get out of the way' option if that space is occupied.
- jfoster 10y agoI think you're right about how the car should ideally respond, but I think most courts would find that aggressive or negligent driving that leads to an accident makes that driver responsible, even if another car makes an accidental breach of rules in response to the threat.
- tsomctl 10y agoNot entirely sure, but my point was that the accelerating and sudden deacceleration was a dick move.