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did anyone let a robot try its luck on an urban street in india yet? looking forward to see how that works out... for sure it will need another mode that is mor

• CamperBob2 9y ago
  Hmm. If the pedestrians know they're not engaged in a dominance game with an aggressive human driver, they might actually be more likely to get out of the way.
  • skinnymuch 9y ago
    Why? We don't know what'll happen, but if you know an automated car will stop for you even if you're in the wrong, then why not go for it if you're already in an environment and culture with aggressive pedestrians and drivers.
    • CamperBob2 9y ago
      Because you'll be more likely to feel sorry for the driver, and less likely to feel defensive. It will be no more socially acceptable to jaywalk in front of an autonomous car than it would be to cut in line. (And yes, I know, line-cutting is rampant in China... but in India?)
      • mantas 9y ago
        India is famous for belly-to-back lines. Google images for "india line"
      • nsomaru 9y ago
        It's rampant in India. People just ignore you and step in front. They will then pointedly ignore you. Once in Bangalore airport I brought it to the attention of a guy who just did it, and he said "do you know where you are? You're in India, man." I love India, but this one aspect is frustrating sometimes. (Along with the mini war that happens when boarding/disembarking local trains)
      • 7952 9y ago
        You can easily see it the other way around. That cars act rudely by obstructing pedestrians and "cut the line" continuously. A lot of the paraphernalia in western style roads just reinforces the status of cars at the expense of other users.
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        • CamperBob2 9y ago
          And yet it somehow works in those Western cities, maybe because the people aren't dicks to each other. But yeah, totally, let's blame cars.
  • briandear 9y ago
    Have you ever been to Delhi or Bombay? Spend 30 seconds on a street there then come back and comment. There is no “dominance game” – unless you’re trying to dominate the random cows standing in the street, negotiate a path around some random trash fire in the road, avoiding getting ensnarled in a swarm of tuk-tuts or navigating streets with potholes the size of Rhode Island or buses that will deftly try to squeeze you onto the sidewalks without any regard for anything else. Then there is the sea of people flowing along and through the road like refugees fleeing Smyrna. India is not Brooklyn or San Jose.