Reflective clothing may reduce the effectiveness of pedestrian detection technology: IIHS The new study suggests automated braking systems may not see safety attire worn by pedestrians.

So about that part where they told us to wear bright clothing... www.automotivedive.com/news/reflect...
(By the way, we are ALL 100% ALL OF US pedestrians so this means you, person who drives and wants to cross the street after parking.)

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Autonomous Cars Don’t Understand How Blind People Move Around. A… Instead of Actors, Members of Visually Impaired Community Demonstrate Pedestrian Scenarios for New Dataset

Critical gap in AV programming: Understanding how blind people move. This work "reducing prediction errors by over 80%" which means those errors are HIGH. today.umd.edu/autonomous-c... #accessibility #ADA #TranspoTech #technology #AV #ADAS #CarCulture #RoadSafety #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity

Note that this story also implicitly spikes the ableist "make eye contact" and "see and be seen" admonishment that ignores the existence of blind and low-vision people.
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Column | On roads teeming with robotaxis, crossing the street can be harrowing Our tech columnist captured multiple video of Waymo self-driving cars failing to stop for him at a crosswalk. How does an AI learn how to break the law?

So “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. wapo.st/3ZZDifm

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