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Hopefully, at night and where there are no street lights as well. The more corner cases, the better. I still would like to see more races. In the snow too.

Hopefully, at night and where there are no street lights as well. The more corner cases, the better. I still would like to see more races. In the snow too. https://electrek.co/2017/02/18/self-driving-car-race-crash-buenos-aires-formula-e-eprix/ https://electrek.co/2017/02/18/self-driving-car-race-crash-b...

CabSauce 9y ago
Have no fear, there aren't any working street lights in Detroit.
- robotnixon 9y ago
  Detroit is the largest city in the US fully lit by LED streetlights with over 65,000 installed since 2014. Its easily recognizable from space: https://twitter.com/astro_kimbrough/status/821361989230456832 https://twitter.com/astro_kimbrough/status/82136198923045683...
- rmason 9y ago
  That's old news my friend. All the streets in Detroit have functioning streetlights now, LED's no less.
goda90 9y ago
And heavy rain, heavy rain at night with street lights reflecting off the pavement right into the cameras, black ice, fog, giant snowflakes, high wind snowstorm, etc etc.
- bjl 9y ago
  And blind corners, and police directing traffic.
  - stretchwithme 9y ago
    A cop wearing a parka directing traffic in a snow storm at night. And what about criminals tricking cars into doing things? It will be a long time before smart people trust automated vehicles to take their kids without adult supervision. Cars will have to be able to interpret our actions and intent better than we can. Or at least be able to defend their cargo, record evidence and alert authorities.
code_duck 9y ago
It's not really a normal place to be testing in traffic in many ways. During the daytime and, sure, I guess self driving cars can get used to the absence of left turns on highways and the 'turn arounds'! At night, I was told by friends who are locals when staying there, as have other visitors I've talked to, that you do not want to stop at traffic lights in many areas of Detroit at night, at all. One person told me he was pulled over while stopped at a light and told this by a police officer, even. Apparently, in these fairly deserted semi-industrial areas, stopping at a red light simply makes you a target. I was also instructed to leave room in front of me to move my car if someone tried to enter my car at a traffic light, and to be ready to roll up my window on someone's arm if needed.

CabSauce 9y ago

Have no fear, there aren't any working street lights in Detroit.

robotnixon 9y ago
Detroit is the largest city in the US fully lit by LED streetlights with over 65,000 installed since 2014. Its easily recognizable from space: https://twitter.com/astro_kimbrough/status/821361989230456832 https://twitter.com/astro_kimbrough/status/82136198923045683...
rmason 9y ago
That's old news my friend. All the streets in Detroit have functioning streetlights now, LED's no less.

goda90 9y ago

And heavy rain, heavy rain at night with street lights reflecting off the pavement right into the cameras, black ice, fog, giant snowflakes, high wind snowstorm, etc etc.

bjl 9y ago
And blind corners, and police directing traffic.
- stretchwithme 9y ago
  A cop wearing a parka directing traffic in a snow storm at night. And what about criminals tricking cars into doing things? It will be a long time before smart people trust automated vehicles to take their kids without adult supervision. Cars will have to be able to interpret our actions and intent better than we can. Or at least be able to defend their cargo, record evidence and alert authorities.

code_duck 9y ago

It's not really a normal place to be testing in traffic in many ways. During the daytime and, sure, I guess self driving cars can get used to the absence of left turns on highways and the 'turn arounds'! At night, I was told by friends who are locals when staying there, as have other visitors I've talked to, that you do not want to stop at traffic lights in many areas of Detroit at night, at all. One person told me he was pulled over while stopped at a light and told this by a police officer, even. Apparently, in these fairly deserted semi-industrial areas, stopping at a red light simply makes you a target. I was also instructed to leave room in front of me to move my car if someone tried to enter my car at a traffic light, and to be ready to roll up my window on someone's arm if needed.