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Post by Boyd Percy on Nov 9, 2017 0:20:01 GMT -5
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Post by GaryDan on Nov 9, 2017 3:38:00 GMT -5
That's the rub, isn't it. With a test track full of these "autonomous" vehicles whizzing around everything works just fine. When you put these things out where humans are driving their vehicles, accidents will happen, and most likely some bad ones.
Personally, with my failing eyesight and losing my drivers license a very real possibility in the not to distant future, it would be nice to know I could continue living in my lifelong home in the country and have a vehicle I can climb into to take me to the grocery store, the doctors office, etc. that I didn't need to drive, or rely on finding someone else to take me somewhere when I need it.
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Post by Wes on Nov 9, 2017 8:49:07 GMT -5
Autonomous vehicles sound good in theory but the reality has yet to gel for the designers, some of whom aren't in contact with the real world anyway. Some of these ideas sound basically good for an urban area, but in a rural one things can be totally different. I doubt very much that autonomous, computer driven vehicles are going to replace the common pickup truck on a farm.
I got a rather fanciful news release not long ago that basically stated that within ten years no one will own private vehicles or drive them. The release foresaw a common pool of vehicles, and when you need a ride you just hit an app on your smartphone and a vehicle would show up at your door in a couple of minutes. I don't often reply to such stupid news releases but this time I did, with a single word: "Bullshit." During busy times the time spent to wait for a ride could be hours in an urban area; in a rural area where there are not likely to be many such vehicles, I can see waiting for a couple of days to take a sick calf to the vet -- and when the ride finally shows up it's a tiny little thing with no room for the calf, if it is still living.
The owner owned and driven vehicle will be around for a long time. The vehicles will change and possibly improve, and may even become autonomous when the owner desires, much like we use cruise control today. But I don't trust cruise control very far, and with good reason.
-- Wes
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Post by Boyd Percy on Nov 9, 2017 14:26:02 GMT -5
The driverless vehicle did stop but it failed to practice 'full' defensive driver actions, like backing up or getting out of the way of an oncoming vehicle. Machines haven't replaced us yet.
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