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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help. (www.forbes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

ITT: "What was the victim wearing at the time? Was the car acting in self-defense? Do cars have qualified immunity? Did the pedestrian pose a threat or instigate the car? Were they wearing their officially state-sanctioned Pedestrian uniform and helmet? Did the pedestrian have any pre-existing conditions?"

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Remember when Biden said that pedestrian could use beacons to alert autonomous cars of their location?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No I don't remember that. Any chance you have a link?

    I remember Tesla fanboys crying when Biden appointed Cummings to the NHTSA, but I can't think of anything else connecting Biden to self-driving cars.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Ah see this is the problem with political discussion. It turns out he never actually said that.

    According to the article, one tiny piece of the $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill he signed committed two federal agencies to be conduct a study on that as a potential solution.

    The Forbes article editorializes that significantly to say that beaconing has received the "federal stamp of approval".

    It's like a kid asking their parents for McDonalds for hours and the parent says "I'll think about it".

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