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Another example I saw on HN before: What happens when the tech is good enough to 100% avoid sudden pedestrian collisions, so pedestrians wise up and realize the
by dml2135 5y ago
Another example I saw on HN before: What happens when the tech is good enough to 100% avoid sudden pedestrian collisions, so pedestrians wise up and realize they can just jaywalk in front of any self driving car with impunity?
Especially in dense areas like NYC, you can solve the safety problem, but that may require these cars to drive too passively to ever get anywhere.
- mywittyname 5y agoPerhaps that will the push needed to finally separate pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Even in NYC, pedestrians are largely treated as meat sponges who are going to lose the fight with a vehicle. It's much worse in other, less walkable cities. When you put the shoe on the other foot, and give the power to the pedestrian, drivers will absolutely push to get more places to drive where pedestrians aren't allowed.