prfsr_moriarty t1_iuexbyr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:26 PM

Reply to comment by crtjer in Ford and VW Abandon the Self-Driving Road to Nowhere. Big story that with little fanfare by newleafkratom

And at that point pedestrians in cities will know that autonomous cars will stop to avoid hitting them, and jaywalking will grind traffic to a halt.

crtjer t1_iuf518z wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:17 PM

I think the benefits were more so for morning or evening commuter traffic. I think cities will continue to evolve to put pedestrian and biker ways over individual cars, even then I don't think it would cause traffic to purely halt because of jaywalking, especially with one person. If you had 100 jaywalkers then sure.