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Cyclist Hit & Killed by a Tesla in the UK
I know we discussed Tesla and their autopilot before, so this seemed relevant, if still a tragedy.
Still investigating whether autopilot was engaged. http://road.cc/content/news/232332-d...lear-if-it-was
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oof. I worry about this with just lane assist.
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Does lane assist have trouble seeing cyclists?
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As always, Tragic. Also disturbing to read the claims/estimates of poor performance classifying objects- 1% of cyclists, 30% of cars- from the Stanford robotics researchers in the linked article. My thinking has always been that self-driving cars will make the roads safer.
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If the idiot was playing or looking at the phone at that minute... of course the driver was going to have problems looking at the road.
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There's always going to be a failure rate. The objective of engineering and testing is to bring that failure rate within acceptable tolerances, which again, is greater than zero. They question here is, has Tesla narrowed their failure rate acceptably prior to unleashing their product into the wild? If not, the ramifications in terms of liability could be quite extreme.
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I'm not interested in participating in an experiment that could cost me my life without giving my consent.
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Last edited by pasadena; 11-17-2017 at 12:50 PM. |
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It appears that it will fight the driver trying to give enough room. Wonderful. |
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As I've said all along, I will bet that the logic in these systems will prioritize protecting the occupants at all costs. If comes down to Hal .vs. something in the way, a cyclist is no different than a squirrel, turkey, or possum.
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"Progress" will dictate that cyclists will be categorized as road hazards and will no longer be allowed to utilize roadways. Robotic vehicle trumps (no pun intended) humanoid cyclist. Hope ya'll have a nice MUT system nearby.
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