• Kleinbonum@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    These cars don’t even go onto highways or areas where accidents are more likely.

    Accidents are less likely on highways. Most accidents occur in urban settings. Most deadly accidents occur outside of cities, off-highway.

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      Sure mile for mile they are less likely. But when they happen they are generally more serious as higher speeds are involved, and if Tesla has shown anything it’s a much more complicated process for autonomous vehicles to navigate and deal with edge cases (like vehicles on the side of the road, emergency or otherwise). Much harder (and dangerous) to just slam on the brakes and put on your hazards on a highway than a side street if the car gets confused.

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      I could see accidents being more likely for autonomous cars on highways though

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          For humans, but not necessarily for camera-based autonomous cars? They also can’t just stop on a highway to prevent accidents.

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            Well, I do use a car that is able to drive (almost) autonomous on a highway, so I know that the tech to drive on highways exist since several years.

            All the difficult stuff – slow traffic, parking cars, crossings, pedestrians… – does not exist on highways.

            The only problem that still remains is the problem you mention: what to do in case of trouble?

            Of course you have to stop on a highway to prevent an accident or in case of an emergency. That’s exactly what humans do. But then humans get out of the car, set up warning signs, get help &c. Cars cannot do this. The result is reported in this article.