Can Self-Driving Cars Avoid Cycling Accidents?

Studies from overseas have found that drivers are responsible for between 60 to 80 percent of accidents involving cyclists. Such accidents present a problem in Canada as well. Ontario lawmakers have tried for years to reduce incidents of cyclist collisions by toughening laws. Yet, the future of collision-avoidance may lie in an innovative technology: self-driving cars.

How Can A Self-Driving Cars Avoid Cyclist Collisions?

At first, the concept may seem incongruous: how can a driverless car actually prevent collisions? The answer lies in the technology found inside these cars.

Driverless cars may soon employ a technology called Deep3DBox. This is a deep learning network capable of using a two-dimensional image of an object, such as a cyclist, and subsequently, predict its three-dimensional shape and direction.