Re Report: Software bug led to death in Uber's self-driving crash

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Karl Auerbach <karl () cavebear com>
> Date: May 8, 2018 at 5:00:41 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () listbox com>, bob.hinden () gmail com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Report: Software bug led to death in Uber's self-driving crash
>
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > > *From:* Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () gmail com <mailto:bob.hinden () gmail com>>
>
> > > I wonder if bicyclists and pedestrians are going to need to start wearing radar reflectors, like we put reflective 
> > > material on bike gear, shoes, backpacks, etc. currently.  Clearly a market opportunity….
>
> I've been to "V2*" (connected Vehicle to anything) gatherings in which both Caltrans (the California state 
> transportation agency) and it's Federal counterpart have described systems in which people on bicycles and 
> pedestrians carry devices - typically part of a smart phone - that can emit information to nearby vehicles (including 
> other bicycles and pedestrians.)
>
> I've noticed, however, that the connected vehicle community does seem to have a kind of color blindness that does not 
> let them perceive that there are other media than radio (including wi-fi.)
>
> By-the-way, last time I heard, the section of El Camino Real through Palo Alto and Mountain View, California, is a 
> testbed for this kind of stuff.
>
>    --karl--
>
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