This test of Tesla’s self-driving tech is tough viewing: what Mark Rober did the fun way with his Wile E Coyote test of a fake wall in the middle of the road, the team over at The Dawn Project are doing the hard way by testing self-driving Teslas’ ability to stop for pedestrians at flashing […]
I just can’t see how Tesla self-driving taxis will be safe for unsupervised use any time soon.
Not that I’m defending Tesla’s, but do your busses pull off the side of the road completely like that often? I would be confused as a person driving as well. Usually buses in my area just stop in the lane so it’s a lot more obvious that you stop behind the bus and don’t pass in the lane beside it.
School busses, at least in my region (and it appears in the image this is true as well), have flashing red lights at the top to indicate that traffic must stop. The stop sign also comes out, but it’s the flashing red lights that should be a dead giveaway to anybody driving.
In my region, they also have flashing yellow lights before they stop, indicating that traffic should slow down and prepare to stop.
Edit: and I should add that the expectation is that traffic stops in all lanes, both directions. Being in a different lane or off to the side makes no difference.
Someone else mentioned that over on Reddit, in a very clapback sort of way. Would you happen to be in Texas? I’m learning all about regional traffic law variations :D
So, my thought here: the stop sign is simply not recognized by the vehicle. It didn’t see the stop sign and decide “legally, I have the right of way.” The stop sign just doesn’t appear on the visualization, cameras failed to register the blinking lit up sign, and thus the computer thought it had the right of way.
As a separate critical fuckup, it only realized the pedestrian was a pedestrian like a millisecond before impact. It wasn’t a good test performance at all.
Not that I’m defending Tesla’s, but do your busses pull off the side of the road completely like that often? I would be confused as a person driving as well. Usually buses in my area just stop in the lane so it’s a lot more obvious that you stop behind the bus and don’t pass in the lane beside it.
School busses, at least in my region (and it appears in the image this is true as well), have flashing red lights at the top to indicate that traffic must stop. The stop sign also comes out, but it’s the flashing red lights that should be a dead giveaway to anybody driving.
In my region, they also have flashing yellow lights before they stop, indicating that traffic should slow down and prepare to stop.
Edit: and I should add that the expectation is that traffic stops in all lanes, both directions. Being in a different lane or off to the side makes no difference.
Someone else mentioned that over on Reddit, in a very clapback sort of way. Would you happen to be in Texas? I’m learning all about regional traffic law variations :D
So, my thought here: the stop sign is simply not recognized by the vehicle. It didn’t see the stop sign and decide “legally, I have the right of way.” The stop sign just doesn’t appear on the visualization, cameras failed to register the blinking lit up sign, and thus the computer thought it had the right of way.
As a separate critical fuckup, it only realized the pedestrian was a pedestrian like a millisecond before impact. It wasn’t a good test performance at all.