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> speeding along at 20mph next to pedestrians Hmm, I wonder how feasible it would be for the next generation of scooters to have pedestrian-collision avoidance
by adrianmonk 8y ago
> speeding along at 20mph next to pedestrians
Hmm, I wonder how feasible it would be for the next generation of scooters to have pedestrian-collision avoidance tech built into them. Put in a camera or two, some neural nets or whatever other tech is needed, and the scooter would limit its speed to something near (1.5X or 2X) walking speed when you get close to a pedestrian.
Even if you ban scooters from sidewalks, it's still going to happen, so this could perhaps increase safety. And maybe even allow the two to peacefully co-exist.
- adrianN 8y agoThat would drastically increase the price while offering no obvious benefits to the user, so I doubt that it would sell very well.
- adrianmonk 8y agoI could have made this clearer, but the benefit would be that it would be a whole lot easier to argue for less stringent speed limitations when not around pedestrians. Thus the benefit to the user would be higher speeds most of the time and faster travel overall.