First driverless shuttle in Las Vegas crashes on first day while shuttling passengers

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@aluchko

I think there’s a very good chance that a human would have done something to avoid this accident, either by honking the horn,

Something similar happened to me, honking didn’t help in my case. It might have here, it might have not.

@aluchko

taking evasive manoeuvres,

From the time I realized that the other driver hadn’t noticed I was there to when he bumped into me, I only had a couple of seconds, I actually lost time by honking.

@aluchko

or simply not stopping in a place where a truck was likely to back into.

Now that’s just silly. If the truck driver is able to see you (Not that he will, just that he can), then you are in a place where the truck is not likely to back into.

@aluchko

This is the big challenge for self-driving cars, safe operation of a vehicle is much more complicated than simply obeying the rules of the road.

Agreed.