Self-Driving Vehicles
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I was going to say the same thing, yowps3. This feature will give people more reasons to not pay attention behind the wheel: texting, surfing, playing video games, etc. When things go wrong, let's sue the car manufacture. Afterall, it's not our fault the system didn't work.
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Since this tech is already being built into the smaller less expensive vehicles as well, I'm guessing within 15 years my daughter may not have to worry about driving around, have a 32 point airbag system, I can keep track of the vehicles whereabouts, know who's in the car, and the destination. She may hate me but I think I like this direction 
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Since this tech is already being built into the smaller less expensive vehicles as well, I'm guessing within 15 years my daughter may not have to worry about driving around, have a 32 point airbag system, I can keep track of the vehicles whereabouts, know who's in the car, and the destination. She may hate me but I think I like this direction
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I think we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. A car driving down an interstate highway by itself is one thing, but we're a long ways still from cars driving themselves on surface roads, knowing where a house is, or a driveway, or negotiating a parking lot. Not saying that won't happen, but we're a long way from that.
Another thing to remember is that for this to become truly mainstream, everybody has to adopt it. We're still going to have older cars on the road, used cars, cars without this technology.
Another thing to remember is that for this to become truly mainstream, everybody has to adopt it. We're still going to have older cars on the road, used cars, cars without this technology.
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Right, but Toyota's ACC hadn't been able to slow down to a stop until very recently, so one couldn't really have trusted the system enough to pull off the same stunt.
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I think we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. A car driving down an interstate highway by itself is one thing, but we're a long ways still from cars driving themselves on surface roads, knowing where a house is, or a driveway, or negotiating a parking lot. Not saying that won't happen, but we're a long way from that.
Another thing to remember is that for this to become truly mainstream, everybody has to adopt it. We're still going to have older cars on the road, used cars, cars without this technology.
Another thing to remember is that for this to become truly mainstream, everybody has to adopt it. We're still going to have older cars on the road, used cars, cars without this technology.
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I think you're underemphasizing the technology at work here. In order for a car to drive autonomously, around other cars not being driven autonomously on a surface or neighborhood road the car needs to have a level of intelligence and decision making skills...something that is beyong our technology now. A highway is different when everybody is just driving along at a set speed, it can read lines, check on the location of cars around you, and keep you moving on its own at a set speed.
But, when you get on a neighborhood surface street, or a more rural route, etc there are things it has to be able to deal with that require another level of intelligence. Animals and people in the road. Crosswalks, red lights, yellow lights, people running lights, driving around cars making left turns. Abrupt maneuvers from others without signaling. It goes on and on. Unltil you get to a point where everything on the road is controlled access and automated, we're still going to be driving cars ourselves on surface roads for several decades IMHO, even if we let the cars take over on the highway.
But, when you get on a neighborhood surface street, or a more rural route, etc there are things it has to be able to deal with that require another level of intelligence. Animals and people in the road. Crosswalks, red lights, yellow lights, people running lights, driving around cars making left turns. Abrupt maneuvers from others without signaling. It goes on and on. Unltil you get to a point where everything on the road is controlled access and automated, we're still going to be driving cars ourselves on surface roads for several decades IMHO, even if we let the cars take over on the highway.
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I think you're underemphasizing the technology at work here. In order for a car to drive autonomously, around other cars not being driven autonomously on a surface or neighborhood road the car needs to have a level of intelligence and decision making skills...something that is beyong our technology now. A highway is different when everybody is just driving along at a set speed, it can read lines, check on the location of cars around you, and keep you moving on its own at a set speed.
But, when you get on a neighborhood surface street, or a more rural route, etc there are things it has to be able to deal with that require another level of intelligence. Animals and people in the road. Crosswalks, red lights, yellow lights, people running lights, driving around cars making left turns. Abrupt maneuvers from others without signaling. It goes on and on. Unltil you get to a point where everything on the road is controlled access and automated, we're still going to be driving cars ourselves on surface roads for several decades IMHO, even if we let the cars take over on the highway.
But, when you get on a neighborhood surface street, or a more rural route, etc there are things it has to be able to deal with that require another level of intelligence. Animals and people in the road. Crosswalks, red lights, yellow lights, people running lights, driving around cars making left turns. Abrupt maneuvers from others without signaling. It goes on and on. Unltil you get to a point where everything on the road is controlled access and automated, we're still going to be driving cars ourselves on surface roads for several decades IMHO, even if we let the cars take over on the highway.
Until recently, yes. But Google seemed to have figured it out. Recently (like two-three months ago), they moved their self driving car from the freeways to city driving and the car still worked flawlessly. In 5 years time, its entirely possible to have all scenarios programmed into the vehicle.
Just as these videos popped up car makers are probably developing software that will disable the system if no one is in the drivers seat buckled in. At least if i were a car company thats what i would implement. I can see tons of lawsuits being made from the use of this tech in the first 10 years or so. It will eventually taper off soon after. Other than that, that was pretty awesome to watch.
Cops should issue huge tickets for these kind of stuff. If the system fails, or anything goes
wrong, the driver is not only putting his own life on the line, but people around him as well.
I don't think we are ready yet.
wrong, the driver is not only putting his own life on the line, but people around him as well.
I don't think we are ready yet.
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except using one of those will likely cripple the car entirely. it's only a matter of time before it's all integrated and simply won't be able to turn all this stuff off and for the most part, consumers won't want to. only control freaks. 
i think you need to watch this. we're close...
I think you're underemphasizing the technology at work here. In order for a car to drive autonomously, around other cars not being driven autonomously on a surface or neighborhood road the car needs to have a level of intelligence and decision making skills...something that is beyong our technology now.