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That’s completely wrong. There’s a reason fire trucks are painted brightly, have flashing lights and loud sirens, and can interact with intersections to flip li
by politician 3y ago
That’s completely wrong. There’s a reason fire trucks are painted brightly, have flashing lights and loud sirens, and can interact with intersections to flip lights: our governments have determined that these features are useful to make them conspicuous. Adding a sonic broadcast is just another doodad on the roof wired to the sirens and supported by laws to force autonomous vehicle manufacturers implement support.
- Mordisquitos 3y ago> There’s a reason fire trucks are painted brightly, have flashing lights and loud sirens Exactly. And why are those not enough for self-driving cars?
- politician 3y agoWhy aren't bright paint and flashing lights enough? Why do we need loud sirens too? The answer is that communicating over multiple spectrums turns out to be useful. Adding one more isn't the Herculean effort folks commenting on this proposal seem to think it is. Why isn't it in our national best interest for AV companies to standardize on an emergency shutdown/slowdown protocol? A cryptographically signed digital broadcast is a lot safer than relying on light/sound detection. It works in a variety of weather conditions and is much harder to spoof.