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I'm curious, because I honestly dont know, how does LIDAR perform in suboptimal environments such as heavy fog , a Midwest downpour or a blizzard? So far, every
by hermitdev 8y ago
I'm curious, because I honestly dont know, how does LIDAR perform in suboptimal environments such as heavy fog , a Midwest downpour or a blizzard? So far, everything I've read has these cars testing in sunny day (no pun intended) scenarios, with the worst environmental threat being night-time.
- darkpuma 8y agoEvery system known to man, including man, struggles in those sort of conditions. But this is an important factor to consider when evaluating safety statistics. Humans operate cars in all sort of adverse conditions and human accident rates include accidents in those kind of conditions. Accident rates for autonomous systems that refuse to attempt operation under anything less than ideal conditions won't be directly comparable to human accident rates... but expect this to be glossed over by automotive marketing departments who will eagerly compare apples to oranges as soon as the opportunity presents itself.
- hermitdev 8y agoThis is basically my concern with the hype over automated driving. I live in the upper Midwest. 6 months or more of the year have unideal driving conditions. A purely autonomous vehicle is worthless to me if it can't get me to where I need to go half the time.