A good example of predictive AI from the Waymo... Driver: in a split second, it predicted an initial crash of human-driven cars in the next lane, anticipated a secondary collision, and proactively shifted lanes — all while managing its distance from the vehicles around it.show more

Waymo car failing to coordinate w/ another Waymo (credits... in the comment). Interesting to see a toy example from my grant applications play out in the real world. Two cars playing a best-response to a human driver model are not mutually compatible, multi-agent challenges are realshow more

Tesla FSD 14.3.3 just saved me from a potential... side-swipe collision — again. Watch this: I’m cruising in the right lane at ~45 mph when the green station wagon on my left suddenly drifts over, cutting sharply into my lane and toward the shoulder. FSD spots the intrusion instantly, smoothly steers right to create maximum safe distance, and progressively slows us down while keeping everything controlled. This is exactly why FSD’s multi-camera 360° vision is such a game-changer. It sees threats from every angle faster and more reliably than a human driver possibly could, especially in these split-second “what the heck is this guy doing?” moments. Grateful for the extra layer of safety. FSD continues to impress. 👏 Tesla AIshow more

Speed matters. A Waymo vehicle was driving in a... 25mph zone in LA when an oncoming car swerved into our lane while speeding up to over 70mph… 3x the speed means 9x the destructive energy. Good to see the Waymo Driver react early and safely to make room.show more

🔥🚨BREAKING: a luminous ufo has been spotted in the... skies of Brazil it constantly shifted from stationary to moving before fading out into the distance.show more

A 21-year-old trailer driver was killed after becoming trapped... in the wreckage of a pre-dawn collision with another lorry, while his seven-month-pregnant wife escaped with minor injuries after members of the public pulled her to safety. The 26-year-old woman was travelling in the cab of the Volvo trailer driven by her husband when it collided with a Hino trailer carrying 36 tonnes of steel on the main road near Kampung Tebuk Marso in Sungai Besar, Selangor, at about 2.49am. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ashrul Riezal Asbar said initial reports showed the crash involved the two heavy vehicles.show more

A driver in Brazil lost control after a collision... and crashed straight into a vehicle dealership. Against all odds, the car came to a stop perfectly inside an empty parking space without hitting any of the vehicles on display. 😭show more

One advantage of mounting sensors high on the Zoox... robotaxi is a better view of the world around it. Here, the robotaxi detected a skateboarder emerging from behind a row of cars and into its path, allowing it to brake and come to a stop safely.show more

Bronx: East 136th Street & Bruckner Blvd, a serious... multi-vehicle crash involving three commercial trucks left one driver critically injured Tuesday morning, prompting a large FDNY rescue response. Just before 11:30 a.m., the #FDNY and officers from the NYPD 40th Precinct responded to the scene after reports of a collision. According to a preliminary investigation, a truck operated by a 64-year-old man was traveling northbound in the right lane of Bruckner Boulevard when it rear-ended a second truck driven by a 48-year-old man. The force of the impact pushed the second truck into a third truck that had been stopped at a red light, operated by a 46-year-old man. The crash left the first truck severely damaged, trapping the 64-year-old driver inside the cab. FDNY firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to extricate him as EMS staged nearby. The injured driver was transported to Lincoln Hospital in serious condition. The operators of the second and third trucks were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries.show more

🚨 Ferrari Crash Sparks Traffic Issues on Leeds’ Morris... Lane Traffic disruption hit the Kirkstall area of Leeds this morning after a collision involving a Ferrari on Morris Lane. Reports emerged around 8am of the high-end vehicle in a smash, causing queues to build swiftly along the route. It is being reported locally that a car crashed into the back of the Ferrari.show more

Here’s a good example of a nav disengagement. It’s... disappointing to see these still happening in V14.3. This is a pretty straightforward setup. 3 lanes, clearly marked signage, large queue in the turning lane. Before I took over, FSD seemed completely unaware that it needed to stage the turn in the left lane, and would’ve missed the queue/tried to sneak in had I not taken over. You’d expect by now that it’d be able to gather context from the overhead signs, and sometimes it feels like it does, but I guess it really doesn’t and probably relies on map data.show more

OG Anunoby went from "pass me the ball" to... "fuck it, I'll do it myself" in a split second!!!show more

Truck driver unalived his self while on live driving... head on with another 18-wheeler According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the crash was reported around 9:20 a.m. and involved a passenger vehicle and a semi-truck just south of Modoc Point. The collision blocked the highway in both directions while emergency crews responded for hours.show more

Suppose two cars are traveling on an expressway at... 100 km/h with a 50-meter gap. If the front car slams on its brakes, it takes about 3.5 seconds and nearly 50 meters to stop. If the driver behind does nothing, a collision occurs in exactly 3.5 seconds. This gives the rear driver a 3.5-second window to avoid a crash. For an alert driver, 1 second is reaction time, leaving 2.5 seconds to brake and stop safely. Now, consider the same 50-meter gap, but the front car is reversing at 10 km/h. For the car approaching from behind at 100 km/h, the closing speed skyrockets to 110 km/h, slashing the time before collision to just 1.6 seconds. In reality, it is even worse: because drivers never expect a vehicle to reverse on an expressway, their brains freeze. Reaction time jumps from 1 second to 2, 3, or more. At high speeds, drivers often crash before even realizing they need to brake. That's why reversing on an expressway is hundred times more dangerous than a sudden braking. A maneuver that feels slow to the reversing driver creates an unexpectedly violent closing speed for those behind, leaving virtually no time to react. In the video, a family of seven missed their exit on the Dehradun expressway to Haridwar. They reversed, were struck from behind, and four of them died.show more

WOW v14.3.2 is very decisive and is able to... execute with great confidence. Big fan. That said, in my first drive it messed up *spectacularly* twice in <15 miles of suburban driving. In one instance, it swerved out of its through lane of traffic into a lane that was ending, right as it was ending. It was not trying to overtake any vehicles, it just swerved over violently. ugh The other, in the video below, it did not consider that the left lane was turn-only, and tried to use it overtake other vehicles while their light was red. (this intersection begins with left turn green and through-lanes red) It is still very slow to merge into the proper lane in time for a turn, and ended up cutting off a large truck to make its turn. Could it have completed its maneuvers and continued without intervention? Yes. Would it be safe or legal to do so? No. Plenty of work left to do on FSD.show more