I don’t think LIDAR will even be necessary. Parallel parking is a pain in the butt, if they can do that they can drive on the freeway where everybody is going in the same direction. We already have lane tracking. The self driving car is happening right now.
“I don’t think LIDAR will even be necessary. Parallel parking is a pain in the butt, if they can do that they can drive on the freeway where everybody is going in the same direction. We already have lane tracking. The self driving car is happening right now.”
What can I say - LIDAR is exactly what Google is using. So I’m fairly sure its very necessary. An enormously expensive. And limited in certain ways.
Your comment about how easy it would be on the freeway with everybody driving the same direction got me thinking. In many cities, such as St. Louis, certain lanes of the freeway switch direction, based on the time of day. What technology would be necessary in a self driving car to be aware of this? We people read flashing signs and colored lights that warn of the change over. Will the DOT be expected to emit another type of signal (without error) to driverless cars? Just one of thousands of everyday scenarios that an automatic car would have to be prepared for.