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Pedestrian struck and killed by vehicle in St. Charles

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ST. CHARLES – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car at a mobile home park in St. Charles early Wednesday.

Police identified the victim as 64-year-old Dennis Butts of St. Charles.

St. Charles police Lt. Daniel Gibbons said an accident reconstruction team is investigating the accident.

Butts was struck at 12:26 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Santa Margarita and Santa Catalina streets. It is part of the Town West Mobile Home Park, north of First Capitol Drive and Muegge Road.

The driver who hit him remained at the scene, Gibbons said.

Researchers at Britain’s University of Nottingham have used a so-called “ghost driver” technique in a study to examine how pedestrians might communicate with future autonomous vehicles. The researchers wanted to know how pedestrians react to self-driving cars with different visual displays on the front of the vehicle. To do this, a car was driven around the university campus for several days, with a series of different motifs projected onto a front-facing display. They informed pedestrians of the car’s behavior and intentions – including expressive eyes or a face, accompanied by short text messages saying “I saw you” or “I’m yielding.” To create the impression that the vehicle was “driverless.” “, the driver of the car and team leader David R. Large disguised himself as a car seat. In the so-called “ghost driver” technique, Large squeezed himself into a custom-made seat with his arms and legs sticking out of the bottom so he could drive the Nissan Leaf electric car. Large said the “ghost driver” technique was first developed at Stanford University in 2016 and believes it is the first time it has been used in the UK. The study spanned several days, with 520 pedestrians interacting with the car. Large said survey responses showed that pedestrians appreciated the messages on the car’s display and some even used hand gestures to thank the car afterwards.



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