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Old 10-23-2017, 08:03 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Looks like the car probably self drove into that closed lane, no comment about that in the article, but it has happened before where the self drive doesn't interpret lane shifts with construction properly. I think no matter what the car should be looking ahead and seeing barriers and smashing on the brakes before just taking the impact with a warning light or tone trying to get the driver to react weather in self drive mode or not. Isn't that how the other guy's auto braking systems work? Something is in the road, so the car applies the brakes, that concrete barrier sure looks like something in the road to me.

That and 5 trucks and 35 people needed to respond to a single car non-injury accident? Does the insurance cover some of that, or like the tax subsidy to buy one, do I get to pay for that special attention?
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