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nicengelman
· 4 years ago
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Yeeeeeeeeessssssssss
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savage_demmigod
· 4 years ago
What if you've gotta swerve to get out of an accident though?
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deleted
· 4 years ago
Die
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Forgetting swerving. What about regular curves to the road or minor wheel corrections? What about parking spaces or any number of things that require the wheel to be turned- often counter intuitive to the direction you intend to go? I’d rather deal with people occasionally not using blinkers than having everyone’s blinkers on almost constantly and in confusing situations. You could make the blinkers come on automatically when a point beyond a certain degree is input....
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guest_
· 4 years ago
But that still has plenty of false positives, unless the threshold is very low it won’t start the blinker until AFTER the vehicle has already started (sensors detecting road lines have similar problems- less false positives but still some, later engagement of signals) and if you are changing lanes for example- the proper way to do so is to barely turn the wheel at all- and merge into the other lane gradually but not overly slowly- so that if there is a car in the other lane that you missed- you have plenty of time to avoid a collision- and you have kept your lane partially occupied and hence “reserved” so that if you need to jump back only a total madman would be in the lane you are still partially in.
guest_
· 4 years ago
So the IDEA is nice- but impractical. Self driving cars should eliminate or severely reduce the issue- and in the meantime more sophisticated sensors and algorithms may become better at predicting driver behavior to allow use of an automated system that will work well 90% of the time.
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savage_demmigod
· 4 years ago
Only if you'll take me, Grim
