tjh290633 wrote:From all that I have seen, Tesla are possibly safe on dual carriageway highways, but they will be hopeless in narrow country lanes. In our narrow lane, human drivers are able to take it in turns to get past parked cars, in the face of oncoming traffic. Two cars in FSD mode would never be able to sort the problem out. Some aspects of human judgements and politeness are probably beyond the capability of AI.
This should actually be easier for cars which aren't obsessed with vision only than it is for humans. Vehicle to vehicle communication can already warn you about suitably equipped cars which are sat stationary the other side of a corner or emergency vehicles which are coming your way. Suitably equipped cars in this situation would know how many cars are on either side, the distribution of passing opportunities etc. Then all you need is a little cold, clinical machine cooperation and much like traffic filtering down to empty a closed lane a much more efficient resolution should be at hand than if it is left to humans.
tjh290633 wrote: I don't think even lidar can look round bends.
TJH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_NL_Hmvxs
Consistently connected and Car2X as standard
The systems have not only been linked to each other, but thanks to an online connectivity unit (OCU), they have also been connected to the world outside the Golf. The standard OCU featuring integrated eSIM links to “We Connect” and “We Connect Plus” online functions and services. The new Golf is also the first Volkswagen to connect with its environment as standard, via Car2X: signals from the traffic infrastructure and information from other vehicles up to 800 metres away are notified to the driver via a display. The Golf also shares these warnings with other Car2X models. Swarm intelligence is becoming a reality, representing the beginning of a new phase of traffic safety.
- https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/ ... igent-5490