Autonomous bus collides with cyclist and then hits house in Cheltenham

PRSboy wrote:

The irony of this story is that the cyclist concerned was actually a bus driver returning from a training session dealing with amongst other things driving near cyclists.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/cyclist-hit-b...

That's an interesting report from the cyclist triathlete. That sounds like a very scary incident indeed (paralyzed?) and I hope he continues his recovery and gets to compete again.

Yorkshire wallet wrote:

I know this a joke thread title but it probably won't be too far from reality the way cars are going. Didn't Mercedes say it's 'triage'(for want of a better description) algorithm favoured the driver in a potential accident with multiple casualty choices?

I don't think Mercedes is being entirely honest with that. I suspect that their algorithm just involves trying to stop as quickly as possible rather than targetting big piles of mattresses or fat people. It'd be amusing if they engineered the car to swerve at the last moment to concentrate any impact on the passenger rather than the driver.

@FelixCat - I heartily approve of that article if only for the quote: “They are lively as twenty leprechauns doing a jig on top of a tombstone.”