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Brad Templeton, who was also in attendance at the automated vehicle synopsum wrote: "The AVS has a lot of governmental people, and they’re all very keen to ima
by Fricken 9y ago
Brad Templeton, who was also in attendance at the automated vehicle synopsum wrote:
"The AVS has a lot of governmental people, and they’re all very keen to imagine their role, which they see as making the infrastructure “ready” for robocars. There was a whole long session on the topic, and many people who imagine there is a lot to do.
This is the wrong impression. Robocars are being designed to handle the infrastructure we already have, and only low-skill robocar makers are suggesting we need to make significant changes to the infrastructure to enable these vehicles."
- ghaff 9y agoI mostly agree. That said, there may be relatively small things that can be done which help out with assistive features like lane keeping or which help out in corner cases--like identifying construction sites--which may be helpful.
- devrandomguy 9y agoHoley hubris, Batman! I bet there will be large dark zones on the AV's maps, where they dare not go, for reasons they cannot comprehend with their own sensors.
- ghaff 9y agoThen I expect they won't be going to those large dark zones. I largely agree with his comment. It's not that we shouldn't do anything. (If it makes sense to make lane markings a bit wider, why not?) But if we really need to change large parts of infrastructure to accommodate automated vehicles, that's a non-starter just as it was when that sort of thing was discussed in the 1960s.
- wbl 9y agoCalifornia already has made massive infrastructure changes from streetcar removal to building BART.