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This is just a perfect representation of the limitations of driverless cars. What happens if you crash? Well, it depends doesn't it. Sometimes you want to pull
by SilverBirch 3y ago
This is just a perfect representation of the limitations of driverless cars. What happens if you crash? Well, it depends doesn't it. Sometimes you want to pull over and get out the way to limit the danger of anything else happening. Sometimes you've got to stop in place because you'll cause more damage/danger by moving. How do you know? You make a judgement call, you might even get out of your vehicle to check it before moving.
What did Cruise do? Well they just said screw it, detect a crash? Pull over. Great, you've just dragged a pedestrian down the road. Now they're putting out a press release saying the new plan is to just stop and not move. Ok, how long before a cruise car detects a crash in the middle of a highway and stops in the middle of highway speed traffic. There isn't a right answer of what to do here, it's a judgement call and I think we probably need better answers than just "I'll just swap out the if statement here".
- kadoban 3y agoIs this the limitations of Cruise or the limitations of driverless cars? Sure sounds like the former to me. Waymo is in my city and tbh I'd rather be near one of those than a human driver, from my experiences so far.