Cruise testing, I would be uncomfortable

colliehauler wrote:
When/if this technology hits tow vehicles how would you hitch up a trailer or 5er? What would happen if trailer sway occurred? A tire blow out or mechanical failure?

I might not even being towing anymore by the time this technology makes it into heavy duty trucks.

Just thought of something, no more speeding since you can't control the accelerator.
Absolutely no reason to be in the cab of the truck you could go to bed in the RV and wake up at your destination (hopefully).

Once it gets to that level...it will back up to the hitch perfectly every time. That's a pretty easy problem to solve.

As far as failures, human drivers often react poorly. An automated system can check for most common failures 10 times a second and have predetermined reactions for each...so probably better.

One thing that people don't understand is self driving is already here, it's the 100% where the steering wheel goes away that will take time. Adaptive cruise control, lane departure, those are automated driving functions that are already present. They are going after the low hanging fruit first.

The biggest issue holding up implementation, as alluded to, is the expectation of 100% perfection when humans aren't perfect. Tesla has been living on the edge because they are already on the edge of bankruptcy so they can take chances an established company wouldn't dare but really all the manufacturers have test cars that are 98% there now.

Getting to the point where you can eliminate the steering wheel can't happen until you hit 100% and never expect human control.