You’re way overestimating the utility of a low-resolution video taken at night.
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Speaking as a human, I’ll kindly request you speak only for yourself.
I kind of agree here—this is a repeated problem with the roll out of driverless and driver-assistance tech. The way we have things going now may be insufficient.
Not to be all conspiracy-y, but if you accept that police are there to protect assets and not people, the original statement makes more sense. It’s a cynical take, and probably wasn’t a conscious decision, but there it is. /shrug
They’re still here, trying to pretend LIDAR doesn’t exist.
Whoof, that really makes me question WTF the police saw that made them release that initial statement. Yeah, she’s invisible until the last second but the sensors on the car should be able to “see” a lot better than we can.
I wonder where all the “she darted in front of the car it’s her fault” people went...
Yeah based on the words from the sheriff yesterday I assumed there really was no way for the system to have reacted in time, but the video seems to indicate otherwise. It shouldn’t have had any issues seeing this person.
According to the Stopping Distance calculator, to stop within 15 ft, the car would need to be going no faster than 17mph.
Lidar doesn’t use visible light.
Uber’s autonomous car unit just got fucked. The safety driver’s going to do time.
the other issue in addition to this is what looks like an over-reliance on the system—it’s not just that he car itself wasn’t sufficient, it was that the person was putting more trust in it than it deserved, something we’re seeing time and time again with this tech.
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This is Cadillac’s night vision available on the CT6. I’ve personally experienced a demonstration of this where you are in very thick fog or almost pitch dark and the night vision picks up everything.
Well I suspect people are gonna crucify the driver, but I bet anybody would space out after riding around for an hour or two without touching the controls.
which is nowhere near enough time to stop (or slow down).
That’s the strange part, LIDAR should have caught her easily. It’s not like “night” matters either, they have IR sensors as well.
It’s ridiculous the car didn’t see her. The bike was reflective. I could see her in the distance. Uber is already trying to throw the safety operator under the bus, but “the future” of self-driving vehicles would mean drivers have no steering wheel to begin with, and it’s ridiculous the car couldn’t see her.
Sure, but aren’t these self driving cars supposed to have IR or similar sensors to detect obstacles ahead of them?
But that’s the thing: yes, the driver should have been paying attention, but the car should have been able to see her first. Which it did not.