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The big headline is understandably that it crashes into a fake painted wall like a cartoon, but that's not something that most drivers are likely to encounter on the road. The other two comparisons where lidar succeeded and cameras failed were the fog and rain tests, where the Tesla ran over a mannequin that was concealed from standard optical cameras by extreme weather conditions. Human eyes are obviously susceptible to the same conditions, but if the option is there, why not do better than human eyes?
Whilst I agree on the wall, fog and rain are not extreme weather conditions. I'd rather he'd used a level of rain that was less intense. However, the fact is lidar still worked even though it was not clear it was going to.