Comment by beams_of_light

Road infrastructure is going to change, by necessity. It seems like self-driving technology is as good as it can be, given current circumstances. There's no way to get self-driving cars to airplane safety numbers without on/near road devices/reflectors/computer-readable signage/etc, edge compute, better pedestrian understanding of what the cars are seeing and are capable of reacting to, and probably much more. It's time to give it the infrastructural boost it needs to become an everyday reality. We need to put sensors in the road when they're re-paved, transmitters in signs with solar chargers when they're replaced, LIDAR reflectors on the road sides and in medians, start offering clothing/accessories with transmitters or reflectors that clearly identify people as pedestrians...