Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoCyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police saywww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkCyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police saywww.sfgate.comShowroom7561@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squaresnota@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThat car being driverless could have saved their life.
minus-squarerdyoung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIt also sounds like it’s a situation that even a human driver wouldn’t have been able to avoid. Until the tech can see around corners and through solid objects, this kind of thing is still likely to happen regardless of who or what is driving.
minus-squareredisdead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoWhen I don’t see what’s coming because there’s a semi truck in the way, I wait. When an automated car sees a gap, it dives in.
That car being driverless could have saved their life.
It also sounds like it’s a situation that even a human driver wouldn’t have been able to avoid. Until the tech can see around corners and through solid objects, this kind of thing is still likely to happen regardless of who or what is driving.
When I don’t see what’s coming because there’s a semi truck in the way, I wait.
When an automated car sees a gap, it dives in.