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you know, it’s wild that we have phones that track us, for “safety” reasons but, that information is not shared to cars like tesla’s in order to help prevent ac

by 8eye 5y ago

you know, it’s wild that we have phones that track us, for “safety” reasons but, that information is not shared to cars like tesla’s in order to help prevent accidents. i am not pro tracking but it’s already happening, it’s just not benefitting us, anyways probably not the best solution but i could see wearables sending packets to cars to help the car be more aware of a person. because obviously some drivers don’t pay attention enough, when i was 5 years old my dad was disabled from a car wreck from someone who was drunk and not paying attention. needless to say, it messed up my childhood and i am still trying to recover from it

elric 5y ago
What's next? Phones that talk to guns in the area that prevent gun owners from accidentally shooting the wrong person? Pardon the snark.
- tzs 5y ago
  That would only be an apt comparison if the problem with cars running over pedestrians was that they sometimes accidentally run over the wrong pedestrian.
Jtsummers 5y ago
One of the ideas in vehicle automation that's been bandied around for at least as long as I've paid attention to it (end of the 90s, early 00s) has been vehicle-to-vehicle communication. This would be for things like cars in the same area to communicate [0] their status to other vehicles: I'm going 65mph in this direction, I'm slowing down, I'm stopped, I'm signaling for a turn (which doesn't guarantee it is turning if it's just what the human operator triggered). Then other vehicles could respond based on this kind of information (by informing the driver or actively intervening). If things had gone, or eventually do go, in this direction it could be sensible to incorporate phones into that process for other kinds of traffic (pedestrian, bicycle, etc.). However, cars are still as dumb as ever and aren't actively coordinating with each other when there is any notion of automation. So this is probably still a long way off from happening. [0] Using a mesh network in many examples at that point in time, cellular data not being what it is today and still not truly ubiquitous.

by 8eye 5y ago

elric 5y ago

What's next? Phones that talk to guns in the area that prevent gun owners from accidentally shooting the wrong person? Pardon the snark.

tzs 5y ago
That would only be an apt comparison if the problem with cars running over pedestrians was that they sometimes accidentally run over the wrong pedestrian.

Jtsummers 5y ago

One of the ideas in vehicle automation that's been bandied around for at least as long as I've paid attention to it (end of the 90s, early 00s) has been vehicle-to-vehicle communication. This would be for things like cars in the same area to communicate [0] their status to other vehicles: I'm going 65mph in this direction, I'm slowing down, I'm stopped, I'm signaling for a turn (which doesn't guarantee it is turning if it's just what the human operator triggered). Then other vehicles could respond based on this kind of information (by informing the driver or actively intervening). If things had gone, or eventually do go, in this direction it could be sensible to incorporate phones into that process for other kinds of traffic (pedestrian, bicycle, etc.). However, cars are still as dumb as ever and aren't actively coordinating with each other when there is any notion of automation. So this is probably still a long way off from happening. [0] Using a mesh network in many examples at that point in time, cellular data not being what it is today and still not truly ubiquitous.