At the Los Angeles Ciclavia two weeks ago Waymo's were getting stuck at the car crossings. There were police standing there waving cars through but the two I saw were not willing to drive through the intersection.
Properly responding to informal hand and voice signals from law enforcement, road workers, and other humans is going to be one of the toughest technical challenges for autonomous vehicles to solve.
Stop signs became universal. No reason why machine readable signals/devices to communicate don’t become the norm with law enforcement and emergency response workers.
Quite frankly, many drivers don't do well here either since hand signs can be very ambiguous. And many times there are contradictory signals that require interpretation.
Look at Scottie Scheffler's arrest for an extreme case of how very hard this is to get right.
nradov|4 months ago
darth_avocado|4 months ago
dghlsakjg|4 months ago
Look at Scottie Scheffler's arrest for an extreme case of how very hard this is to get right.