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If you brake in the middle of the highway (even just to slow a little) when the road ahead is clear you become a bigger hazard than the plastic bag. Double if y
by robjan 6y ago
If you brake in the middle of the highway (even just to slow a little) when the road ahead is clear you become a bigger hazard than the plastic bag. Double if you swerve as you suggested.
- onion2k 6y agoThe road ahead isn't clear though. A self-driving car knows something is there but it doesn't know what it is or what it might mean about potential future events. You and I know a plastic bag is likely to be a one-off non-dangerous thing but a car doesn't (it might know about a person, or a bag, or another car, but it won't recognise all of the things it could be). Consequently it has to be cautious and should take action within the bounds of what is safe using data from around the car.