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> But it seems like a very non-trivial problem to do this correctly. I had this same thought. You could theoretically have a universal rule where the self-driv
by ShabbosGoy 8y ago
> But it seems like a very non-trivial problem to do this correctly.
I had this same thought. You could theoretically have a universal rule where the self-driving car stops 100% of the time if it detects an object that is determined to be a pedestrian. But there are unforeseen problems with this approach. What if the model is overly cautious and there are many false positives? That could be extremely dangerous too, if a self-driving car is constantly stopping and going.
- Retric 8y agoStopping is only one option slowing down is another. However, I suspect a car may be aware a person has stopped significantly before a person would enter their lane. At 30 mph a car takes ~2 seconds to physically brake and at an average walking speed a mph moves 9 feet in 2 seconds. However, to stop before entering the cars lane they would need to start slowing down even sooner. So, I guess you really need videos with calculated velocities of people jaywalking to really tell if this is going to be a problem or not.