<story><title>Ford says it conducted successful tests of driverless cars in snowy conditions</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35280632</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>peregrine</author><text>For anyone who&amp;#x27;s lived in areas that have regular snow storms you know that eventually mutli-lane highways turn into single lane tracks of clear road. Usually these tracks are somewhere in the middle of the road and everyone just sticks to them because a semi or snow plow cleared it for us.&lt;p&gt;The method described is a really great way for car&amp;#x27;s to get stuck in snow drifts by trying to stay in lanes. Near term drivers will PROBABLY just take over in those situations but long term we&amp;#x27;ll probably need a combination of Lidar and Cameras to do this type of work.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ford says it conducted successful tests of driverless cars in snowy conditions</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35280632</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jedberg</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s be honest, humans are pretty bad at driving in snow too.&lt;p&gt;Sadly, I feel like people won&amp;#x27;t accept self driving cars until they can drive in the snow as well as in dry, clear conditions, which won&amp;#x27;t happen for a long time, if ever.&lt;p&gt;Honestly it&amp;#x27;s a bit silly that self driving cars have to do better than humans to be trusted -- as long as they are doing as well as us, mathematically, we should want them.&lt;p&gt;Maybe the insurance companies, which are mathematically inclined, will end up fixing this by providing lower rates for self driving cars, even in snowy climates.</text></comment>