Re: autonomous car charging, was: Adobe oddity? [message #404023] |
Sun, 10 January 2021 19:20 |
Charlie Gibbs
Messages: 5313 Registered: January 2012
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On 2021-01-10, Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
> On 1/10/2021 6:31 AM, Andy Leighton wrote:
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>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:29:05 GMT, Questor <usenet@only.tnx> wrote:
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>>> How will traffic officers direct self-driving cars?
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>> I cannot remember ever seeing policemen direct cars except in film and
>> tv from the old days. But I don't see it as a huge problem that cannot
>> be overcome.
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> Maybe this depends on location, but around here it's quite common for
> policemen to be directing cars near high-traffic city events (e.g.
> large sports events, but even daily things like letting cars exit a
> parking garage into heavy traffic), accidents, construction sites that
> affect traffic, etc.
Police would have to be issued a transmitter or some other means
to signal self-driving cars. This would require protocols to be
established (frequency allocation, message formats, etc.). Auto
manufacturers, with their NIH syndromes and desire for proprietary
lock-ins, will fight such standardization tooth and nail.
I regularly encounter construction areas where one lane is blocked and
flag people co-ordinate the use of the remaining lane. No police are
involved here - flag people will need to be equipped and trained too.
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Re: autonomous car charging, was: Adobe oddity? [message #404050 is a reply to message #404023] |
Mon, 11 January 2021 10:46 |
scott
Messages: 4237 Registered: February 2012
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes:
> On 2021-01-10, Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
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>> On 1/10/2021 6:31 AM, Andy Leighton wrote:
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>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:29:05 GMT, Questor <usenet@only.tnx> wrote:
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>>>> How will traffic officers direct self-driving cars?
>>>
>>> I cannot remember ever seeing policemen direct cars except in film and
>>> tv from the old days. But I don't see it as a huge problem that cannot
>>> be overcome.
>>
>> Maybe this depends on location, but around here it's quite common for
>> policemen to be directing cars near high-traffic city events (e.g.
>> large sports events, but even daily things like letting cars exit a
>> parking garage into heavy traffic), accidents, construction sites that
>> affect traffic, etc.
>
> Police would have to be issued a transmitter or some other means
> to signal self-driving cars. This would require protocols to be
> established (frequency allocation, message formats, etc.). Auto
> manufacturers, with their NIH syndromes and desire for proprietary
> lock-ins, will fight such standardization tooth and nail.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation/vehicle-vehicle- communication
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