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Human drivers could easily be fooled with a laser too. Not only would they be fooled, their eyes might suffer permanent damage from exposure to lasers.
by cs702 4y ago
Human drivers could easily be fooled with a laser too.
Not only would they be fooled, their eyes might suffer permanent damage from exposure to lasers.
- notacoward 4y agoOTOH a human is very likely to notice and pull over. Between the fact that self-driving systems lack some of the cues (e.g. suddenly being unable to see the dash or the sky) and their abysmal track record for handling edge cases, I'm not sure they would do the same.
- PaulHoule 4y agoSee https://www.laserpointersafety.com/news/news/nonaviation-incidents_files/dc539b077eea1b0baa4fc00874a87a18-463.php#on https://www.laserpointersafety.com/news/news/nonaviation-inc... Now I've wanted to put an LED sign in back of my car with an animation like what you might see on the LED board of a 1990s pinball machine showing the hatchback opening and a barrel being rolled out. I figured though that if I am going to make that threat to tailgaters that I'd better really be able to roll a barrel out of the hatchback.
- sschueller 4y agoThere is a reason all laser pointers over 1mw of power are illegal to own now in Switzerland.