Makes me wonder how good a Tesla or like would be at seeing me on my bike. Would it react to a horn and look round? Or flashed lights? Is it programmed to say " Sorry Mate I Didnt See You!" in a voice like Stephen Hawking?
And I wonder how well it would cope with an unlit country lane with no road markings and tarmac that fades into roadside mud.
In the end I just dont see the point. After all, a car doesnt go anywhere without an occupant and if the occupant / human computer is trained to drive it, why bother with an electronic computer with far less processing power.
There was a point early in the video where the car reacted to a cyclist approaching from the rear before an intersection, and the car paused before assuming a lane to let the cyclist pass. Similarly, later when the car encounters pedestrians walking on a verge it pauses. This is both impressive and worrying. A human driver would allow room for the cyclist to pass, and drive slowly past the pedestrians having checked it was safe to pull out. A following human driver could easily rear-end the Tesla because these are not the normal human driver behaviours in these situations.
