[ikeboy]

That's why they get tested for years before being sold; so almost every possible situation comes up at least once and can be included in the system. I bet that driver filed a note about what happened and it was fixed soon.

[scrollaway]

Woah.

What do you think actually went down, there? "Hey, of course, let's just implement the StopHandler::HumanStopSign() subroutine, thanks for the report!"?

[ikeboy]

1. Find a way to recognize when this situation occurs. Test that. 2. Decide what the optimal decision should be for the car. 3. Program the car to do 2 when it's in that situation.

[sherjilozair]

This is Google we're talking about. I think they will spend time to generalize this situation as much as possible.

[tonyedgecombe]

I hope it's not the same people that wrote the VAT handling code on Adwords.