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by me_me_me 2092 days ago
I think you are being too generous with what a self driving car should be able to do.

If you were moving a house and was caring a big box across a street. Its not unreasonable to expect that you will be able safely make it across the street, even though you don't look exactly like a normal pedestrian.

And it is not unreasonable to expect a self driving car to break if there is any type of a obstacle in their path, especially if not classified. We are not talking about some wacky scenario. A bird might be flying across a street at windshield level. A ball might be kicked onto the street. A hey-bale might falloff onto the street from a tractor driving ahead. A huge box with legs is crossing a street.

I am not expecting a child to be hiding behind a parked car jumping out in front of incoming car to be a scenario that anyone could catch.

My question is why those car dont break when there is object infront of the?