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I wonder how soon radar reflecting paints will start being used on roadways and barriers, etc. That seems like it would be a general benefit to all brands of ca
by mmusson 8y ago
I wonder how soon radar reflecting paints will start being used on roadways and barriers, etc. That seems like it would be a general benefit to all brands of cars with auto drive.
At the end of the day we want to know if the autonomous systems are safe. Policy decisions will end up depending on that determination. That requires clear definitions for what constitutes failures and accurate gathering of data.
- JackCh 8y agoThese cars aren't crashing into stationary objects that don't have a radar return. The software in the cars is deliberately filtering out the radar returns of stationary objects. It wouldn't matter how many radar reflectors you slapped on the barrier, the Tesla would ignore the radar return of the stationary barrier.
- jonhendry18 8y agoMaybe the barrier needs a big waving maneki-neko cat in front of it, if the waving paw would be enough movement to be noticed by the radar.