Depending on how old you are, you may eventually have no choice.I’ll never use a self-driving car. I like being in control and I enjoy driving.
Depending on how old you are, you may eventually have no choice.I’ll never use a self-driving car. I like being in control and I enjoy driving.
Meanwhile (in the US only) 15 pedestrians will be killed today by negligent human drives. 15 more will die tomorrow, 15 died yesterday and 15 die everyday. Why does no one care about that?
Very sad. I have to wonder why the human behind the wheel failed to take over in this situation though. That's the point of testing with a human behind the wheel isn't it?
^^^agreed...without enough details its hard to know what happened - but in the case of Tesla - with sufficient distance the radar is able to detect the obstacle (car, human, bicycle, etc.) and stop safelyMaybe she shouldn’t have been crossing outside of a crosswalk area... but also the car and driver should have seen her
I mean, no amount of AI will be able to stop people throwing themselves in front of cars. Should be investigated if the car had sufficient space to stop safely and only if it had, they can blame the autonomous driving. Otherwise it's a witch hunt.
No car should be operating on the roadways without a human overseeing it.
"Outside the crosswalk"
That tells me a lot right there, will wait for more details.
Not appropriate at all. We don’t have enough details to even make any assumption about the accident regardless if the victim was outside the crosswalk and they “Don’t” deserve to die based off your rationale.
This is very true. I'd be curious to see deaths or collisions per mile driven for a better comparison.Meanwhile (in the US only) 15 pedestrians will be killed today by negligent human drives. 15 more will die tomorrow, 15 died yesterday and 15 die everyday. Why does no one care about that?
Millions of drivers and 15 pedestrians run over. How many driverless cars are on the road - a 100? This collision makes driverless cars look like they might not be as safe.
Maybe she shouldn’t have been crossing outside of a crosswalk area... but also the car and driver should have seen her
Yes, I love how Europe operates. It's also not too bad in Los Angeles. In San Francisco, it sucks. Peds make a nuisance of themselves and slow everyone down to save 2 seconds of their travel time. Like standing in the street instead of on the sidewalk, making right turns difficult and unsafe. The drivers are jerks too, but they don't want to kill anyone. I think it's just cause the SF stereotyped snootiness is real. (And no, I don't drive here. I'm always a ped.)I enjoy driving in Europe because these sorts of things happen less and it makes driving more efficient. Vehicles have the right-of-way most of the time and pedestrians know to pay more attention, especially if not using crosswalk.
Doubtless people said the same about sailing ships...and steam trains...and aeroplanes...And here we continue the charade that this technology is to make the world better, when in reality it’s a way to speed up shipping and have more ability to pit the working class against each other as millions across the globe will be unemployed as the technology deploys.
You'd have a great point if there was an equal amount of driver-less cars vs human-driven cars. It's quite a glaring problem in your logic though.Millions of drivers and 15 pedestrians run over. How many driverless cars are on the road - a 100? This collision makes driverless cars look like they might not be as safe.
So why is there jaywalking laws?
Maybe the other point of testing with a human is to see whether humans will fall asleep at the wheel.Very sad. I have to wonder why the human behind the wheel failed to take over in this situation though. That's the point of testing with a human behind the wheel isn't it?
The person you responded to was mocking the quote in their post.
Meanwhile (in the US only) 15 pedestrians will be killed today by negligent human drives. 15 more will die tomorrow, 15 died yesterday and 15 die everyday. Why does no one care about that?
"Outside the crosswalk"
That tells me a lot right there, will wait for more details.