A number of good suggestions here. Giving the AI the programming to sound the horn is a good idea and is probably something the programmers will implement. Still, the key take away is that a stationary self driving vehicle was struck by a vehicle operated by a human driver. The error falls squarely on the human operator who should have had the situational awareness to not strike a stationary vehicle. Had the truck been self driving then the accident would likely not have occurred. The headline is misleading, a driverless shuttle did not “crash”. But I guess that “Driverless shuttle yields right of way to human operated vehicle and is struck by that vehicle” is not sensational enough.
