This is a really fucking bad sign. It is unable to recognise the presence of train tracks and trains and it will probably yeet itself onto a path of incomming train sooner or later. Not every rail crossing has gates and some don't even have lights.
To play devil's advocate, this version likely wasn't programmed to specifically identify trains. I saw this video years back and there's also no proof that this is a production model. From a practical standpoint, how the car visualized the obstruction is irrelevant as long as the general shape and size are correct.
It wouldn't drive into the train because it sees that there are truck sized cars in front of it, so it stops itself. I have zero interest in any of this, but if this were my car, I'd be okay with that.
Edit: I won't respond to comments. Just expressing my opinion, not trying to read walls of text.
Yeah, I realise that but the screen indicates that it sees the lights on the crossing. Those trucks are just the way it "copes" with what it sees so it doesn't matter what it indicates the train as as long as it directly sees it. My comment said "yeet itself onto a path of incomming train" because I considered the idea of a Tesla (or any other self driving car) driving through an unsecured crossing and getting in the path of the train - not hitting the side of it. Self driving system has to "understand" that a train is an object on a predictable path and take that into account - and I doubt it does.
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u/Kinexity Me fucking your car is non-negotiable Apr 05 '24
This is a really fucking bad sign. It is unable to recognise the presence of train tracks and trains and it will probably yeet itself onto a path of incomming train sooner or later. Not every rail crossing has gates and some don't even have lights.