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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.
(www.forbes.com)
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ITT: "What was the victim wearing at the time? Was the car acting in self-defense? Do cars have qualified immunity? Did the pedestrian pose a threat or instigate the car? Were they wearing their officially state-sanctioned Pedestrian uniform and helmet? Did the pedestrian have any pre-existing conditions?"
Remember when Biden said that pedestrian could use beacons to alert autonomous cars of their location?
No I don't remember that. Any chance you have a link?
I remember Tesla fanboys crying when Biden appointed Cummings to the NHTSA, but I can't think of anything else connecting Biden to self-driving cars.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2021/11/06/bidens-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-hastens-beacon-wearing-for-bicyclists-and-pedestrians-to-enable-detection-by-connected-cars/?sh=4536996e5a3d
Ah see this is the problem with political discussion. It turns out he never actually said that.
According to the article, one tiny piece of the $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill he signed committed two federal agencies to be conduct a study on that as a potential solution.
The Forbes article editorializes that significantly to say that beaconing has received the "federal stamp of approval".
It's like a kid asking their parents for McDonalds for hours and the parent says "I'll think about it".