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Solving the automated driving problem will require these systems to behave in ways that regular human drivers consider acceptable - at least for a transition pe
by rwcarlsen 6y ago
Solving the automated driving problem will require these systems to behave in ways that regular human drivers consider acceptable - at least for a transition period of time where both live on the road together. Sudden hard breaking in situations that humans see absolutely no need for it is an unacceptable behavior for human drivers to have. Just because it's not your fault doesn't mean you can't do things to prevent it. I have prevented many crashes throughout my life due to my mitigations around others' driving mistakes. We should expect self driving cars to do this at least as well as - not worse than - humans.
- upbeat_general 6y agoI’m speculating here but it’s possible that the waymo vehicle being rear ended is an optimal outcome here. If the waymo vehicle would have otherwise collided with a car in the intersection it would probably be a much worse crash than a rear end with a low/moderate relative velocity.
- andrewprock 6y agoIt might be locally optimal in the "out of the frying pan, into the fire" sense, but there is no way this is optimal.
- johannes1234321 6y agoIt could be that the Way no car stops earlier or stronger than a human driver. For instance the driver behind them might see "ah cross traffic coming, but the guy before me tries to go through anyways" and suddenly the Way no stops. It is true that laws typically state (i don't know the applicable californian law, but assume) that the driver in the back has to drive in a way that they could always safely stop, but that's not how most people drive, while one drives with expectations on the car ahead.