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triceratops 2 hours ago

> Roads are usually lit

Not always. Definitely not all freeways.

> And every car has its own lights for seeing where you are driving

Not always far enough. Especially at freeway speeds on unlit freeways.

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fidotron 2 hours ago | parent [-]

So how can humans do it?

If humans don't have lidar but can drive it's an existence proof of the viability of that approach.

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triceratops an hour ago | parent | next [-]

In addition to vision, humans have proprioception and kinesthesia, hearing, inner ear receptors for balance, a sense of touch, sense of smell. We use all of these sensory inputs when we drive. And even then humans get into lots of accidents.

Lidar is superhuman vision.

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Rohansi 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

How do you use your sense of smell to help you drive? I can't smell anything outside my car thanks to the air filter.

The real answer is very simple: safe drivers slow down to adapt to poor conditions (including visibility). Lidar might reduce how much it needs to slow down but I don't think it will be eliminated because you can't drive with only lidar.

	▲	triceratops 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> How do you use your sense of smell to help you drive? I smell smoke before I see it. Useful if there's a forest fire up ahead. Burning rubber or smoke from the engine is an indicator of a mechanical issue. > you can't drive with only lidar. Nobody said you could. This is a strawman. Tesla stans are the only ones trying to convince everyone you can only drive with cameras. Everyone else is pretty united on the usefulness of multiple inputs.

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bryanlarsen 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Humans can't do it safely during a proper blizzard. (Toronto doesn't really get proper blizzards, though).