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I don't think real L4+ self-driving will be feasible until we change how the roads are designed to support such vehicles. Having clear indicators and markings
by r00fus 4y ago
I don't think real L4+ self-driving will be feasible until we change how the roads are designed to support such vehicles. Having clear indicators and markings that are maintained properly will not only help L4 but also L2 and even human drivers.
So yes, it would require a standards-based solution - and that's where government involvement is essential.
- Robotbeat 4y agoA grade-separated (ie tunnel) system for autonomous vehicles would be one such method. Government can certainly assist in this, but industry is usually better at coming up with better standards which the government can then deploy
- jowday 4y agoRequiring dedicated infrastructure eliminates the point of self driving cars - you might as well just build public transit infrastructure. On top of that, this won’t eliminate any of the real edge cases - humans and other cars will still violate these rules and drive or walk across these roads, at which point the AV will still need to know how to handle this novelty. These are the main reasons AV companies don’t consider approaches like this.
- r00fus 4y agoNothing of what I said indicates dedicated infrastructure. In fact, I don't think that would work (as you say why not I'm thinking more like expanding priority bus-lanes (if you have visited regions outside the US these are common) and ensuring there are markers that are abundantly clear for everyone and more usable for self-driving vehicles.
- jowday 4y agoI mean I’d count adding lane markers as building infrastructure - and the same caveat of people disobeying them applies. Not to mention you wouldn’t be able to add dedicated lanes outside of main thoroughfares and highways.