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Clipping a fire hydrant could be part of a legitimate strategy to emergency-stop. Clipping a pedestrian wouldn't be. A self-driving car needs to know the differ

Clipping a fire hydrant could be part of a legitimate strategy to emergency-stop. Clipping a pedestrian wouldn't be. A self-driving car needs to know the difference.

naasking 5y ago
> Clipping a fire hydrant could be part of a legitimate strategy to emergency-stop. Clipping a pedestrian wouldn't be. A self-driving car needs to know the difference. No, this is not a choice a car would have to make. A self-driving car would simply never drive into pedestrian-only zones. The only time pedestrians and other obstacles are an issue is in the driving lane, and the only sensible course of action is to brake and veer within the confines of the driving lane, and nowhere else. These are in fact the rules of the road.
- wizzwizz4 5y ago
  > A self-driving car would simply never drive into pedestrian-only zones. Unless it got t-boned.
  - naasking 5y ago
    Is it really driving at that point then, or is momentum just carrying it? "Apply brakes" seems like the only thing it can realistically do in that scenario.