atw: Re: OT I hate it when I am this right
- From: "Stuart Burnfield" <slb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:10:45 +0800
Bob T said:
Apparently, the trailer of the semi-trailer was bright white, and
the day was bright and
sunny. So some people think that the auto-pilot and the driver did
not see the trailer.
Well, that is the suggestion that Tesla is trying to implant but I
just don't buy it. You just don't NOT see a vehicle because it happens
to be the same colour as the sky behind it. Would you or anyone drive
into a white truck on a bright day? Or a sky-blue truck on a clear
day, or a black van at night, or a grey station wagon on a cloudy day?
A red, orange and mauve Kombi just after sunset?
Personally I'm in favour of driverless cars and I think that
_eventually _they will be much safer than human driven cars to the
overall great benefit of society. But if Tesla is seriously saying
that this is where the technology is at: a white trailer might be
invisible on a clear day... wow, they're some way off being ready to
let these things on the road.
--- Stuart
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Subject:atw: Re: OT I hate it when I am this right
"IMO a human driver would have noticed a tractor-trailer looming up in
the windscreen and _tried _to avoid it. "Apparently, the trailer of
the semi-trailer was bright white, and the day was bright and sunny.
So some people think that the auto-pilot and the driver did not see
the trailer.
In Australia for many years now, large trucks have a rear bumper bar
arrangement that stops a car from running under it. It looks like a
bull bar at the back and is painted white.Some also have a side bar
arrangement that stops cars running under the truck or its trailer
from the side. Bob T
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