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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

That only works in more urban areas.

Its impossible to covered every road in lights and it can get very dark when you are far away from a city. Same with public transit. I am all for it, but it's only reasonable in more densely populated areas. There just won't be enough people using it in th middle of nowhere to just something like that much less staff it.

Meanwhile helping cars see people even in those less common and more difficult situations is a good thing. Why would you NOT want your car to be safer for others around you?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Awww shit bois the huge country with plenty of money cannot afford to do it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

IMO, I don't think it matters whether we can or can't. I don't think we should even if we could. Light pollution from cities is bad enough. Adding that many more lights would make it so much worse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Conical shades on streetlights and yellow light to reduce interference with sleep.

Also: fewer fucking cars.

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