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The real world is a complicated place for human drivers to find their way around. Robot cars are just getting started. Yet the driverless technology
Every city’s drivers have quirks. Studying them could make self-driving cars work anywhere By Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Published: July 19, 2021, 6:02am Share: To understand why it’s so hard to make a car that drives itself, pay attention to how people cross the street next time you travel. In Los Angeles, pedestrians wait for the walk sign. In San Francisco, some do, and some don’t. In Pittsburgh or Chicago, don’t expect a car to stop just because someone’s entering a crosswalk. In Palo Alto, sticking out a toe will often prompt an oncoming car to stop.
For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers. Can Pittsburgh’s Bad Habits Help Improve Autonomous Vehicles? Before self-driving vehicles can be safely deployed in cities, the technology must learn all of the diversities of driving and pedestrian behavior, like the technically illegal “Pittsburgh left.” July 15, 2021 • (TNS) — To understand why it's so hard to make a car that drives itself, pay attention to how people cross the street next time you travel. In Los Angeles, pedestrians wait for the walk sign. In San Franci...
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