I live in Northern Ontario in Canada.
For us, it's usually a situation closer to ...
It is snowing really hard, you can not see very well. In front of you a deer jumps out. If you are from here, you know, the best choice is to hit the deer. There will be damage to your car, but you will maintain control and insurance will cover it.
It is snowing really hard, you can not see very well. In front of you a moose jumps out. If you are from here, you know, the best choice is to avoid the moose. With their height, your car will take out their legs, but their entire body will hit your car and you have 1000 lbs of solid animal decapitating all in the vehicle.
Autonomous vehicles would have radar at minimum.
Probably infra-red, sonar, and who knows what else.
They'll be able to see through the snow.
If the snow is so heavy that they CAN'T...why are you on the road in the first place?
The likely hood hitting anything in front of it would be much less than with human drivers.
if the wee beastie were to jump out in front (like I had a deer do to me) then the autonomous vehicle would STILL be more likely to avoid it than you or me. 360 sensors don't you know...and reactions at the speed of light, not slow biological reflexes.
Any way you look at it, in any given situation, autonomous vehicles will be safer than people
I live in Northern Ontario in Canada.
For us, it's usually a situation closer to ...
Autonomous vehicles would have radar at minimum.
Probably infra-red, sonar, and who knows what else.
They'll be able to see through the snow.
If the snow is so heavy that they CAN'T...why are you on the road in the first place?
The likely hood hitting anything in front of it would be much less than with human drivers.
if the wee beastie were to jump out in front (like I had a deer do to me) then the autonomous vehicle would STILL be more likely to avoid it than you or me. 360 sensors don't you know...and reactions at the speed of light, not slow biological reflexes.
Any way you look at it, in any given situation, autonomous vehicles will be safer than people