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The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it? (www.fastcompany.com)

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Just to be clear, I do think the obvious solution to terrible things like this is vastly expanded public transit so that people don't have to rely on cars to get everywhere, not overhyped technology and driving aids that are still only marginally better than a human driver. I just thought the article was interesting.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wait. Those things rely on visual sensors only?? That moronic! I mean, more so that I originally though. Please tell me that they have them, but this particular one was malfunctioning.

Edit: holy crap. How are these vehicles allowed to operate on public roads??

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Musk has sai d multiple times that humans can drive with vision alone, so cars shouldn't need LIDAR.

He ignores that humans also regularly experience optical illusions that contribute to poor driving and collisions, and that LIDAR is far less susceptible to such abberations.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Very early on, Tesla used ~~lidar~~ radar in addition to optical sensors. However, they only use optical sensors today and have for a while. Like many of the poor decisions at that company, the change to optical-only was made at Musk's demand.

Edit: misremembered, it was radar not lidar as pointed out below

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

IIRC, they uses to have radar, not lidar.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Correct they've never used lidar. However I will say that no manufacturer has actually solved the self-driving issue yet so nobody can definitively say what is and isn't required.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Mark Rober of YouTube recently did a video demonstrating how bad tesla sensors are.

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