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I really wish they provided a non-sped up video.
Daimler done that 3 years ago even in high density city traffic. Daimler could even pass vehicles that covered half the lane and didn't need to stop for them. https://youtu.be/SUOC8tE4bdM
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Agreed. Throw in some fog, high-speed stop-and-go interstate fun, and moving from the interstate into a crowded city full of people jaywalking and running stoplights trying to get to where they're going.
And inevitably the AI will still be/become faster and safer than humans.
I don't know about other countries, but at least in the Netherlands the Benny Hill song is used mainly in videos to ridicule the subject. I remember when funny 'Home Videos' were a thing on TV (before cats took over on the interweb) this song was used in about 90% of them. So to me, using this song in something as serious as a self driving car demonstration is pretty weird.
This song is also often used in a recurring absurd segment in cartoons when some people are running after each other and they go into / come out of random doors in a hallway.
I'm surprised by the number of Stop signs everywhere. Is that normal in US? Also, there are moments in this video where the car was turning left and a driver coming from the opposite direction was turning right - yet Tesla turned first? How? I really wish they provided a non-sped up video.
I wonder if the AI just detects an intersection and if it doesn't know what to do, disengage?
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On perfectly marked roads, in fair weather, with no bad behaviour seen from other drivers in the video. Impressive, but the technology has a long way to go yet before it can replace human drivers.
A real convincing promo video would be in stormy weather with angry, unpredictable drivers and random jaywalking kids.
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Why bother, err on the side of caution with pedestrians. The driver is already benefiting from auto pilot, a minor delay due to safety of other road users would be acceptable to most.
It's inconveniencing other drivers on the road and much more importantly this erratic stopping from a human perspective might make it more likely to cause an accident. Granted the accident would legally be the meat driven car's fault who bumps into the suddenly stopped Tesla. It would still be nice to play well with human drivers who don't have the luxury of relaxing in a self driving car.
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I thought the best part was the car doesn't need to park anywhere near. Large parts of cities will be freed for us to use.
Large parts of cities will be turned into roads for driverless cars to ferry themselves to and from the office 2x as many times to save the owner $10 on parking. Traffic will go slowly because driverless cars don't care about speed when no one is inside. And then all the plebs still driving their own cars will be stuffed.
Even in parts of Europe I noticed they put big trucks on trains to automate a large part of the journey and a driver finishes the last leg of the trip.
Trains are also much easier to automate, I also imagine a train track costs less to maintain than a road.
Daimler done that 3 years ago even in high density city traffic. Daimler could even pass vehicles that covered half the lane and didn't need to stop for them. https://youtu.be/SUOC8tE4bdM
But the video does not have Benny Hill ;-) (Just kidding)