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I'm curious about the implications of this technology (which is amazing) on courteous driving habits. I regularly stop to let people cross the road, I cross the center line when safe to give people and cyclists (if I plan to pass) extra space etc. I suppose, in this Tesla at least, you can just take control, but some other proposed implementations seem to have a less traditional UI.
The only left on green we get to see in the video is at 15s, but it didn't have to wait for any oncoming traffic. Hopefully it knows to treat those situations differently.
So it appears it's reading the road signs? I see it stops on the intersection with a stop sign where's no traffic lights. But what if the sign is damaged or removed? The car will go straight without stopping?
If a stop sign was removed, I probably would've driven straight through without stopping too. How would I know there used to be a stop sign?
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
That's more a bunch of edits than an end-to-end demo.
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
And a horse could do it centuries before that, but that's not a fair comparison either. The car in that video had so much extra custom stuff it's not even funny. And while it's still a technical feat, I don't see every mercedes being sold with that equipment in it already. The reason this is amazing is because Tesla is planning on switching this on for all of their new cars in the very near future. It might not be th…
BTW I doubt that the Tesla is ASIL D complient in this sense. AFAIK their is no ASIL D implemented component right now. Everybody avoids that. But this is required to be fail safe.
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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.
> Granted the accident would legally be the meat driven car's fault who bumps into the suddenly stopped Tesla. Exactly. If you bump into the car in front, because they stopped for a percieved hazard, it is your fault for tailgaiting, not their fault for percieving a hazard.
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
Very cool video. Said Daimler was using 8 radars and three cameras, so sort of the inverse of the Tesla approach. The Tesla video is a bit more exciting, because it is using a car that consumers are already driving, whereas the Mercedes has "aftermarket" sensors and a computing platform built in. Mercedes is impressive on the other hand, because that was three years ago.
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Perhaps the car knows it's own capabilities better than we humans do. Maybe it knows that if the joggers were to suddenly jump out, doing what you or I would do isn't enough, so it slowed down to a near stop just in case. Also, it's a bit of a "blind corner", so drifting out toward the middle of the lane might not be the best idea (again, even though it's probably something I as a person in that scenario would have d…
I've wondered about this. Totally defensive driving would reduce a car to 5mph - somebody might jump out from behind every blind corner or mailbox. Truth is, we all drive fairly irresponsibly, trusting in the rules of the road and human self-preservation to keep most stuff out of our way. And if we do hit somebody who dashes out on the freeway, well that's an accident or 'their fault' or 'nobody's fault' so no foul.…
A video where a car manages to stop because a drunk falls into your lane will make the stock soar.
A video where a car hits an old lady who jumps in front of your car will make the stock crash.
There are people on either side who want this technology to succeed or fail (not self-driving, i mean electric cars)
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If a stop sign was removed, I probably would've driven straight through without stopping too. How would I know there used to be a stop sign?
Yes, i mean what happens more often- if sign is not fully removed, but bent by collision or turned sideways by hooligans or something. Human would recognize that. Car will not.
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Perhaps the car knows it's own capabilities better than we humans do. Maybe it knows that if the joggers were to suddenly jump out, doing what you or I would do isn't enough, so it slowed down to a near stop just in case. Also, it's a bit of a "blind corner", so drifting out toward the middle of the lane might not be the best idea (again, even though it's probably something I as a person in that scenario would have d…
I've wondered about this. Totally defensive driving would reduce a car to 5mph - somebody might jump out from behind every blind corner or mailbox. Truth is, we all drive fairly irresponsibly, trusting in the rules of the road and human self-preservation to keep most stuff out of our way. And if we do hit somebody who dashes out on the freeway, well that's an accident or 'their fault' or 'nobody's fault' so no foul.…