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One big hole in the logic: Street view cars all work during the daytime. There is no nighttime street imagery on streetview, and anecdotally, I've never seen a
by idan 14y ago
One big hole in the logic:
Street view cars all work during the daytime. There is no nighttime street imagery on streetview, and anecdotally, I've never seen a streetview car at night.
Having self-driving cars during daylight hours only is still an ambitious goal, though.
- tomelders 14y agoI don't think that would matter. Googles driverless cars use 3D laser scanners which don't require any ambient light. Plus, computers can theoretically see a lot more of the spectrum and therefore see a lot more than we mere mortals. They could look at the road ahead an know exactly what temperature it is, and possibly even see black ice. They could see a ninja on a black horse, at night, in the rain and fog, from miles away using thermal imaging. Daylight driving, to a machine, would probably be more difficult than night time driving simply because there's more stuff happening on the roads during the day.