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    March 12, 2020

    Self-Driving Cars Waymo Steps Up Cleaning, Adds Sanitizer To Keep Coronavirus Out Of Robotic Ride Service

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    Questions about a given scenario

    Posted: 12 Mar 2020 03:07 PM PDT

    Hi everyone! I am fairly new to this community and wanted some input on self driving car scenarios.
    Thank you in advance!

    If you needed to compare two simulated scenarios, and in one of them a self-driving car is braking up to -3 meters per second squared, in another up to -8 meters per second squared (unit of acceleration), which one do you think is more risky? (Note: all conditions are good and in control in terms of car and environment.)

    Also, what variables would you manipulate in a simulation to cause a collision Say for example, the self-driving car is approaching an intersection with a yellow light for their direction of travel, there is also a car on the road following closely behind it in the same direction, in the same lane. The two cars come to a stop without incident in this example?

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    How could shared autonomous electric vehicles serve as an asset in the response to a global pandemic?

    Posted: 12 Mar 2020 08:35 AM PDT

    I think it would be a net positive over the status quo if properly implemented:

    • The SAV vehicles would already have in place processes of efficient and frequent fleet cleaning and be made of materials that don't harbor germs.
    • The sensors, especially thermal sensors, could do a quick evaluation of the forehead temperature of the passengers. If they had elevated temperature, they could be offered immediate transportation to a healthcare facility for further testing.
    • If you had "value-added" features like a small vending machine that normally dispenses canned drinks, this could be repurposed for testing kits or eventual vaccine distribution.
    • Healthcare workers could travel in the shuttles to patients who are quarantining at home. If of a modular design, they could be outfitted with respirators and powered by the large battery pack. The shuttles could then become mobile "quarantine pods" with telemedicine both protecting the front line healthcare workers and making them more efficient.
    • Freight delivery vehicles like Nuro could deliver supplies, food and home goods to people under quarantine minimizing contamination.
    • The shuttles might normally have aerosol dispensers to keep the air smelling fresh. During flu/cold season or during a pandemic, this could be replaced with an anti-viral fogger. Whenever empty of passengers, a UV light decontamination could occur. The safest place you might be would be in your own home or an AV shuttle.

    What are your thoughts? Do you think this sort of crisis will accelerate societal changes that are already happening?

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