Car 'autopilot' concerns?

If this system fails to see a light coloured truck against a white sky I dread to think of the possible
consequences to a cyclist on our much narrower roads beloved of cyclists.
Sample article,one of many;
http://fortune.com/2016/07/02/fatal-tes ... lind-spot/
consequences to a cyclist on our much narrower roads beloved of cyclists.
Sample article,one of many;
http://fortune.com/2016/07/02/fatal-tes ... lind-spot/
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censored , I was so ready...
The word has just been ruined though. Can't hear it without thinking brexit.
As someone who owns cars on sufferance, the next step is communal cars. Just whistle one, and it's there. Sweet...
And in the future - I'm sure that they'll be better than the average driver. They'll see us and give us proper clearance
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Those thinking of the cycling angle - imagine what the roads will look like with 90% less cars on them. All those parking spaces will be a new lane.
Here is a thought for you. You can program a driverless car to avoid an accident but what if it can not avoid an accident. How do you program to make the least worst decision?
eg - cyclist coming other way when two children run into road do you program the car to run over the children (their fault) or swerve into the lone cyclist as you are saving one life.
It's a well known issue. Of course, the car driver probably doesn't mind which option as both will damage the car similarly. Of more concern to the driver is the accident where the choice is between hitting the children/cyclist or avoiding them by driving into a big lump of concrete.
Driving my own car I'd prefer to hit the cyclist every time as I know I'm nice but the cyclist could be Boris Trump.
Great thing is insurance companies will have very little to insure against.
I'm going to get one and send it out as a Taxi while I'm at work.
But who makes the decision on who to sacrifice? it raises all sorts of moral issues
If people can't take control and speed in them I suspect that the cars could be designed to be safer for everyone and drivers will still buy them.
If we stick to the centre of the road, we become virtually impossible to overtake don't we? Is that a good thing?
But they don't cos they're not stupid.
It'd be ludicrous to ban bikes and set the health of the nation back.
And that will be registration plates on bikes. Many issues there...
I meant completely voluntarily. Or even just little anonymous radio transmitters. I would pay for one if it reduced the chances of being squashed. While we're at it, why not fit them to hedgehogs?
If we want to make ourselves more visible to radar we need a miniature version of the radar reflectors you get on boats, like this:
If you made it about the size of a Rubik cube you could fit one under the saddle and one under the stem. Anyone got a 3D printer that does aluminum, and a kickstarter account? Make it a bit smaller and it could be fitted inside the downtube of a carbon frame - where it would still be nicely visible to radar.
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Maybe it just means more "motorway" type roads where only automated vehicles are allowed.
That would be good, but how do you fit them to hedgehogs?
(Mostly)
I am not sure. You have no chance.
But how will the plod give out fines on the spot? The policing element is difficult and I can only assume they wont bother trying to find a way around it. I do have a friend who works in the in car electronic systems department at Jag/landrover, maybe we can team up, my basic self taught knowledge of mapping will be invaluable...