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Self Driving Uber Fatality - Thread III 4
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MacGyverS2000
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Dik: I like funny. Trust me, in other forums I make jokes that would have made your mother blush. But I'm surprised to see this sort of thing at a forum that prides itself in professionalism. Just as I wouldn't expect to see Denny Pate jokes invoking the name of the dead worker and people crushed under the bridge in Florida to "make a point" I wouldn't expect to see this either. That's all.
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Is self driving taxis another way of saying public transportation has failed to deliver? Sure seems like it.
But then again, it looks to me like our state highway department is failing us. What technology will fix that, and how will self driving cars handle that?
But then again, it looks to me like our state highway department is failing us. What technology will fix that, and how will self driving cars handle that?
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cranky108 said:
I live in Toronto, Canada, and I use public transit to get downtown. Public transit requires housing at densities high enough to generate bums in seats (or standing)
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. Most North American suburbs are designed around people with cars. The wide property frontages mean that any place you want to visit is not in walking range, and that there will be few people standing at the transit stops. A robot car sorts of works around this, but I cannot see it being as cheap as a bus.--
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"Is self driving taxis another way of saying public transportation has failed to deliver"
No, but as alluded to, public transportation only works for a situation where populations are located close to a bus line, and are traveling to a "downtown" situation. I would absolutely ride the streetcar, IF I were living in the avenues and worked in downtown SF, because parking is essentially non-existent there. In other places, buses are completely unworkable unless you have absolutely no other choice. In my first job out of college, I clocked a 7 mile commute at about 50 minutes of travel time due to the 2 transfers and wait times needed to get to work and back. And, that was in a city, which, admittedly, wasn't as dense as it is now, but had a reasonably configured bus system. But, McD had plenty of parking, aside from the eucalyptus tree lined aisle where the buzzards roosted, and the 15 minute commute was significantly shorter than the bus ride.
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No, but as alluded to, public transportation only works for a situation where populations are located close to a bus line, and are traveling to a "downtown" situation. I would absolutely ride the streetcar, IF I were living in the avenues and worked in downtown SF, because parking is essentially non-existent there. In other places, buses are completely unworkable unless you have absolutely no other choice. In my first job out of college, I clocked a 7 mile commute at about 50 minutes of travel time due to the 2 transfers and wait times needed to get to work and back. And, that was in a city, which, admittedly, wasn't as dense as it is now, but had a reasonably configured bus system. But, McD had plenty of parking, aside from the eucalyptus tree lined aisle where the buzzards roosted, and the 15 minute commute was significantly shorter than the bus ride.
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“Traffic-Aware Cruise Control cannot detect all objects and may not brake/decelerate for stationary vehicles, especially in situations when you are driving over 50 mph (80 km/h) and a vehicle you are following moves out of your driving path and a stationary vehicle or object is in front of you instead.”
stationary target? check
>50 mph ? check
Actually that incident is a success story, the car was totalled and the driver broke his ankle. And of course we don't know if AP was on.
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“Traffic-Aware Cruise Control cannot detect all objects and may not brake/decelerate for stationary vehicles, especially in situations when you are driving over 50 mph (80 km/h) and a vehicle you are following moves out of your driving path and a stationary vehicle or object is in front of you instead.”
stationary target? check
>50 mph ? check
Actually that incident is a success story, the car was totalled and the driver broke his ankle. And of course we don't know if AP was on.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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