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I think in case of an emergency the doors of the car should get unlocked and someone nearby should overtake
That's a good way to make carjacking easy.
A family member was a NY fire fighter many years ago. The Soviets had a lot of people at the UN, and they had diplomatic plates. They would park wherever they wanted, often blocking things. There was nothing the police could do. The fire chief decided to have fire drills. Whenever a cop saw a car with diplomatic plates parked in front of a hydrant, they would call the fire department, who would come out and perform a…
Beyond instructing emergency responders "if it doesn't stay away, just smash its windows" (mentioned in the article, at n=1 scale)...I wonder if robotaxis have some convenient central depot, which might find its driveways block by emergency street repairs, or some such.
Most countries have penalty points on driving license. If some driver is violating traffic rules too often, they should lose driving license! Self driving cars should not have an exception!
It appears these robotaxis need an emergency button similar to the ones on industrial robots. But instead of completely stopping, a remote operator immediately takes over and bugs out. Meanwhile, the AI can take a backseat and observe how to respond in a situation like this. Because obviously they don't have enough training when dealing with emergency situations.
I think in case of an emergency the doors of the car should get unlocked and someone nearby should overtake
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a good way to make carjacking easy.
- Get carjacked - Car enabled carjacking mode - Locks all doors, locks manual controls, drives directly to the first SFPD station.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/02/gm-seeks-us-approval-to...
It appears these robotaxis need an emergency button similar to the ones on industrial robots. But instead of completely stopping, a remote operator immediately takes over and bugs out. Meanwhile, the AI can take a backseat and observe how to respond in a situation like this. Because obviously they don't have enough training when dealing with emergency situations.
I think in case of an emergency the doors of the car should get unlocked and someone nearby should overtake
A family member was a NY fire fighter many years ago. The Soviets had a lot of people at the UN, and they had diplomatic plates. They would park wherever they wanted, often blocking things. There was nothing the police could do. The fire chief decided to have fire drills. Whenever a cop saw a car with diplomatic plates parked in front of a hydrant, they would call the fire department, who would come out and perform a…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think in case of an emergency the doors of the car should get unlocked and someone nearby should overtake
I feel like you could have some sort of standard handle on the front of a robotaxi to lead it around.
From the article:
- Running through yellow emergency tape and ignoring warning signs to enter a street strewn with storm-damaged electrical wires, then driving past emergency vehicles with some of those wires snarled around rooftop lidar sensors.
- Twice blocking firehouse driveways, requiring another firehouse to dispatch an ambulance to a medical emergency.
- Sitting motionless on a one-way street and forcing a firetruck to back up and take another route to a blazing building.
- Pulling up behind a firetruck that was flashing its emergency lights and parking there, interfering with firefighters unloading ladders.
- Entering an active fire scene, then parking with one of its tires on top of a fire hose.