Pedestrian-detecting cars don’t fare so well

Some pedestrian-detecting car systems are far from perfect and still require an engaged driver behind the wheel. Picture: SUPPLIED

The systems were also challenged by real-world situations, like a vehicle turning right into the path of an adult. AAA’s testing found that in this simulated scenario, the systems did not react at all, colliding with the adult pedestrian target every time. On average nearly 6,000 pedestrians lose their lives in the US each year accounting for 16% of all traffic deaths, while in SA the problem is even more prevalent with pedestrians making up about one third of road deaths annually.

A child darting out from between two parked cars in front of a vehicle travelling at 32km/h and 48km/h.A vehicle turning right onto an adjacent road with an adult crossing at the same time. But, at the higher speed of 48km/h, most systems failed to avoid a collision with the simulated pedestrian target. The other scenarios proved to be more challenging for the systems:

When approaching two adults standing alongside the road, with the vehicle travelling at 32km/h, a collision occurred 80% of the time.

This tech will fail dismally ko kasi

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