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Cars with high-tech safety systems are still really bad at not running people over

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lionfool
236 Rider Driver
 Posted 4 years, 6 months ago

I thought they had this really figured out!?!

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/4/20898773/aaa-study-automatic-emergency-braking-pedestrian-detection

BTW this video is really hilarious in a really dark way. Just look at how bad these cars are in what look like ideal conditions...


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    ce
    58 Rider
     4 years ago

    I love how the test team never gets tired of seeing the dummy hit - they are always like "OHHH" "OWWW" LOL

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    GregoryMoran
    10
     4 years ago

    haha at least these are text videos, have you seen all of those Tesla videos of people summoning their cars in parking lots and it going terribly wrong?

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    beccaSF
    29
     4 years ago

    ummm, that is insane. There is one clip where the dummy is just standing there and the car still doesn't stop, WTH haha

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    cheesehead
    524 Rider Driver
     4 years ago

    OMG that video... LOL. I love that black car that nails the pedestrian... and THEN STOPS. Good effort there buddy!

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    outlandish
    205 Rider Driver
     4 years ago

    Ok but these aren't the same systems AVs are using are they? These are just on today's non-self-driving cars. I assume the AV systems are better since they are using LiDAR and stuff? Or do these use that as well?

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    sharknado
    6
     4 years ago

    None of the cars tested were able to detect an adult pedestrian at night.

    Well.. that's not good.

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    chawes
    756 Rider Guru
     4 years ago

    Wow. This is really bad. These systems are giving drivers a false sense of security. 89% of the child-sized dummies were hit. So what's the point of even having these systems then?