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People bring this up a lot on Hacker News, but AEB (Automated Emergency Braking) is essentially standard at this point [0] on new vehicles (technically NHTSA ju
by harambae 3y ago
People bring this up a lot on Hacker News, but AEB (Automated Emergency Braking) is essentially standard at this point [0] on new vehicles (technically NHTSA just makes recommendations on this right now, but as a practical matter OEM's comply because someday soon it'll be mandatory without an explicit waiver).
Between the forward-facing camera (usually running some version of Mobileye EyeQ) and forward-facing radar, the odds of running over a pedestrian directly like you're thinking on a 2023+ vehicle is quite low. Even cross-traffic/bicycle/cutoff scenarios are pretty extensively covered if you read up on Mobileye's website.
Personally, I'd be more concerned with older cars without AEB hitting pedestrians than the "let's make it more enjoyable when pedestrians do get hit" sentiment that seems so common in these discussions here.
[0] https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/automatic-emergency-braking-proposed-rule https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/automatic-emergency-bra...
- pfannkuchen 3y ago> let's make it more enjoyable when pedestrians do get hit Why can’t we have a pillowy airbag pincer on the front of cars that snatches pedestrians up and hugs them if it makes contact?
- Too 3y agoVolvo used to have exterior airbag on the V40.
- morsch 3y agoOr, you know, you could do both.
- nerdbert 3y agoI'm not sure exactly what the scope of that is, but I was hit (lightly) by a Tesla in a crosswalk earlier this year.
- benj111 3y agoAre people going to be using the front camera whilst driving and is that even a good idea?
- harambae 3y agoNo, that’s not how any of this works
- LargeTomato 3y agoElon invented a car that can't hit pedestrians! Everybody please clap.