Cruise testing, I would be uncomfortable

Terryallan wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:

GDS-3950BH wrote:
Here's a scenario.......

Put about a dozen self driving cars on a highway somewhere in bumper to bumper moving traffic @ 60 mph, in a northeast snow squall, on the first Saturday of the month after the SS checks come in and all the BH's are heading out to the beautician and grocery store.

Now interject 3 or 4 part time workers from Burger King who are driving 1987 Chevy Cavaliers with worn out brakes and bald tires into the mix, who are late for work. :B

Now do the same test with human drivers doing 60mph in a snow squall.

I'll bet the self driving cars would fare much better.

Of course in reality, the system would force you to slow down as you are driving too fast for conditions. This is unlike the idiots who believe since they have a 4x4, they can continue to do 60mph in a white out.

Or the self driving car would just stop because it could no longer read the road.

That’s kinda what they do presently. I am not familiar with other brands but Propilot (Nissan) and Autopilot (Tesla) just indicate that the feature is no longer available and you have to take over. Neither of these are autonomous systems though so it’s no big deal as the driver is expected to always be in control. Neither of these systems fight you although they let you know if they think you are going to do something stupid. Both will brake though if they sense a collision is coming. I’m sure that saves lots of lives.

I would think we are a decade or more from all weather autonomous systems.