Cargo Protruding from Vehicle
A driver of an ADAS vehicle, who isn’t paying attention to the road, is cruising at 20 mph. Directly ahead, a large pick-up truck stops abruptly. Its bed is filled with lumber, much of which is jutting out the back and into the lane. As the distance between the two vehicles quickly shrinks, the vehicle’s domain controller must make a series of critical assessments to avoid a collision. However, this is dependent on the perception system’s ability to detect the lumber…