Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

On 22/03/2018 7:15 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: ... If this is an example of a self-driving car, ...Apparently, it isn't. Here's a pretty good take on the information available to date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5vbjl3TNEE And the bigger picture: https://blog.foretellix.com/2018/03/27/the-ub

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

The vehicle was exceeding the speed limit (38 mph in a 35 zone). To me, that indicates that Uber tweaked the system, possibly to optimise profit. What might another setup have done? It's probably best to wait until the investigation is complete.

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

> On 2018/Mar/22, at 5:27 PM, David wrote: > > On Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:37:32 AEDT Paul Bolger wrote: > >> It certainly didn't avoid, and it doesn't look like there was anything else >> on the road. It looked to me like the car just drove straight into her. You can't see much in the vi

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

On Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:37:32 AEDT Paul Bolger wrote: > It certainly didn't avoid, and it doesn't look like there was anything else > on the road. And it was also good weather. Light glinting on the rims of her bicycle wheels straight in front of the car is visible for about one second b

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

Bit hard to see, but it doesn't look like the car braked at all. It certainly didn't avoid, and it doesn't look like there was anything else on the road. Maybe the pedestrian assumed that the car would drive around her - I certainly make that assumption sometimes, but maybe not with a car travell

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Andy Farkas wrote: > Exterior and interior views of what happened: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvSS5PhO7M > > That's interesting. I think a human would have at least started braking if they were paying attention. If they were at all distracted then the

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

Exterior and interior views of what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvSS5PhO7M -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

It would have happened if the human was driving as well. Accidents and stupid human actions happen. Selling auto-drive cars as 100% safe is hype. Jan At 09:22 PM 21/03/2018, David Boxall you wrote: >On 20/03/2018 9:43 PM, I wrote: >>... It will be interesting to know the details of what went wron

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

On 20/03/2018 9:43 PM, I wrote: ... It will be interesting to know the details of what went wrong. Some things happen too fast, even for the robot. Certainly too fast for the human driver. Police in Tempe, Arizona, say early indications are that a woman struck and killed by a self-driving Uber

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

On 20/03/2018 11:07 AM, Kim Holburn wrote: Pedestrian Deaths By Car In Phoenix Area Last Week: 11. But One Was By A Self-Driving Uber ... No doubt there'll be a lot of emoting. In the end, lessons will be learnt. It will be interesting to know the details of what went wrong. Meanwile: Cruisi

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

>Pedestrian Deaths By Car In Phoenix Area Last Week: 11. But One Was By A >Self-Driving Uber https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180319/10473239450/self-driving-car-industry-sees-first-fatality.shtml > On 2018/Mar/20, at 7:48 AM, Andy Farkas wrote: > > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20

[LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/uber-suspends-self-driving-car-tests-after-fatal-crash/9565586 -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link