self driving sooner than we think!
Interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8PR5wKT9VA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0zI4Duqb5UVoemMm7-sLCUC803RjN2bIaSYx593zKZhQM9JZTRejRKRkI
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The absolute first step in developing a self driving car will be a navigation system that actually works 100% of the time. Mine doesn't. Instead it makes all sorts of stupid mistakes. It periodically totally loses the signal. It thinks I am on a nearby alternate street. I have a speeding warning set on mine. With annoying frequency it thinks I have left the Interstate and am driving on a ramp so it gives me a speeding warning. It makes all sorts of mistakes with routing especially when there is road construction or some other temporary issue.
A nav system is just child's play when it comes to the needs of self driving cars. It is also simple to design a system to drive within well marked lanes. It is more complicated to avoid accidents due to road conditions. A simple piece of paper is enough to screw up the current systems. A blowing piece of paper or some leaves is enough to cause a self driving car to slam on the brakes. One of the first people killed by a self driving car was the woman in Phoenix who tried to cross the street. Because of the false alarms, avoidance response had been turned down.
Science fiction and speculation about the future can be great fun, but for now we are a long, long, long way from what is needed for reliable self driving.
I can also imagine the law suits for any mistake a self driving car makes. Certainly settlements will be well up into the tens and tens of millions of dollars.
A nav system is just child's play when it comes to the needs of self driving cars. It is also simple to design a system to drive within well marked lanes. It is more complicated to avoid accidents due to road conditions. A simple piece of paper is enough to screw up the current systems. A blowing piece of paper or some leaves is enough to cause a self driving car to slam on the brakes. One of the first people killed by a self driving car was the woman in Phoenix who tried to cross the street. Because of the false alarms, avoidance response had been turned down.
Science fiction and speculation about the future can be great fun, but for now we are a long, long, long way from what is needed for reliable self driving.
I can also imagine the law suits for any mistake a self driving car makes. Certainly settlements will be well up into the tens and tens of millions of dollars.
