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> People inherently trust humans over technology. Just because. From the perspective of someone who rides a motorcycle, the #1 thing you need to do to not cras
by cj 6y ago
> People inherently trust humans over technology. Just because.
From the perspective of someone who rides a motorcycle, the #1 thing you need to do to not crash is to anticipate what all vehicles around you might possibly do.
For example, I always avoid riding in another car’s blind spot for obvious reasons.
The problem (for motorcyclists) will now be trying to adapt to understand what a Tesla might do and where a Tesla’s blind spots might be - and once you add in the idiosyncrasies of other AVs I could see it being really difficult to ride safely around AVs.
It’s fairly easy to anticipate actions of another human, and not as easy to anticipate when actions are decided by an algorithm.
FWIW I think the above also applies to cyclists.
(I suppose this becomes a non-issue if the assumption is that AVs will be so superior to human judgement as to never strike another motorcycle or cyclist - 5x safer sounds like a starting point)
- ggreer 6y agoI own a Tesla and I ride a motorcycle. I would much prefer to deal with 100% autopiloted Teslas than current human drivers. Teslas don't have blind spots. They have eight cameras that give 360 degree views around the car. They also have a dozen ultrasonic sensors that can detect obstacles up to 5 meters in all directions. The only way to collide with a Tesla on autopilot is by doing something really dumb. In practice, a Tesla on autopilot tends to drive like a human taking a driving test: accelerating slowly, always signaling before turning or lane changing, always yielding to pedestrians, always braking or cancelling lane changes if an aggressive driver gets in the way, never honking. If traffic is too dense to lane change to the desired freeway exit, it reroutes rather than cutting into traffic (as pretty much any human would).
- sliken 6y agoI actually expect the opposite. Motorcycles preferring to be near Tesla's and any other car with sensor based safety features that are on 24/7. I'm frequently alerted of a motorcyclist approaching from the rear by it appearing on my Tesla display because it's detected by the cameras and ultrasound. I've rarely notice the motorcycle before the car does.