Google has patented a sticky coating for driverless cars that could reduce damage done to pedestrians in the event of a collision.
Others also point out that India's decision does not consider the safety of a large number of pedestrians.
How can we expect a robot to deal with all the eventualities humans encounter on the road — whether unpredictable pedestrians, rogue traffic cones, or even dead plants blowing in the wind?
Given a multitude of sensors, weather conditions, road changes, pedestrians, and other vehicles -- robotic logic must be able to decide safely and instantaneously whether to turn, accelerate, or brake.
The bazaars were more organized and not nearly as clogged with rickshaws and pedestrians.
The software giant recently secured a patent for technology to communicate with pedestrians.
In 2014, National Geographic conducted a social experiment by introducing separate lanes for pedestrians who wanted to use mobile phones and those who didn't, the Daily Mail reported.
In such scenarios, they would have to give way to pedestrians and other road users where necessary.
The first is on-car sensors, which constantly monitor for changing road conditions that require an immediate response, like pedestrians and stop signs.
"Well-dressed pedestrians mingled with the surging traffic along 34th Street.
" So she stood outside with a water jug and served water to pedestrians every day for the next several weeks.
Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
China has 5,000 years of history and that means 5,000 years of knowing instinctively that pedestrians have no right of way.
The streets were clogged with bicycle riders, milling pedestrians, and rickshaws popping blue smoke, all weaving through a maze of narrow lanes and alleys.
The researchers observed more than 1,000 pedestrians during rush hour in Seattle and recorded their phone habits and safety precautions as they crossed traffic junctions.
A popular tourist destination in Chongqing, a major city in southwest China, has devoted a portion of its pavement for mobile phone users too entranced by the activity on their screens to avoid other pedestrians.
Pedestrians on countryside ways, in gloom are pinning away.
Although the trails of smoke emanating from the billboard soon faded, the 'cooked' piece of meat was visible to pedestrians and drivers the next day.
But Tokyo is a crowded city, and warnings are being issued about the risk of mass collisions among phone-using pedestrians at one busy crossing.
Copenhagen was the first city to declare a street for pedestrians only.