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Old 05-08-2012, 02:57 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by rd_aaron View Post
Not necessarily, but I'm thinking if an automated car drives up to a crosswalk a thousand times, Google better hope it stops for pedestrians a thousand times.
I'm sure no one has considered the possibility of pedestrians getting run over until you pointed this out. You should send them a helpful email, I'm pretty sure helpusdesignourselfdrivingcar@google.com is the relevant address.

Or, on the other hand, maybe you could look into the work they've already done on this car and see that these are not total idiots working on this project. It might not work out anytime soon, but it won't be because an autonomous car won't be considerably better than a human driver at avoiding low-velocity solid objects like pedestrians.
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