Self-drive XC90 kills cyclist

[BiggyG]

Originally Posted by anotherv60

It is really sad news that someone has died with this new technology. Watching the footage it made me think about the cars LIDAR system did it not detect the lady? Or does it not predict she will cross into the path of the vehicle? I know LIDAR doesn't care about lighting conditions but I'm sure we will find out more about the onboard systems and the status level in due course.

I wonder what the comparison of miles driven vs accidents is for driverless cars vs human drivers, I assume it would be much safer for the driverless car systems but perhaps not.

I watched the footage and didn’t see her until it was too late. Presumably the car had lights on, and as others have posted, she was already in middle of road, so clearly she didn’t look properly either.

This is an area where I think a Humab wouldn’t have stopped, but would have hoped LIDAR would have helped.

[Trifid]

Originally Posted by pk36

Some dashcam footage has just been released showing the moments before the impact and it doesn't look like the "driver" could do much about it as the lady just suddenly appears out of the darkness. But shouldn't the car be able to detect people in darkness coming from the side as that seems to be a situation like an animal running across the road at night?:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43497364

The video appears to have had its exposure altered or set poorly. Here is a normal video down the same road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XOVxSCG8u0

[Clan]

Originally Posted by AB-UK

Unless it was a failure of the City-Safe system - see the attached image taken from the Volvo website with an ironic subject :-

uber are using their own technology , it would be interesting to see how the standard Volvo city safety would have dealt with this situation ...cyclist detection is a relatively new addition to the 10 year old city safety system no doubt Volvo have already looked at their systems regarding this !

[Bendolfc]

The supplier of the City Safety kit Volvo use appear to suggest that if it had been active, it would have taken some action http://europe.autonews.com/article/2...medium=twitter