And the original model T had more in common with a modern golf cart than a car.
If these can even do this well, the writing is on the wall. Driveless will be our primary form of transportation and goods delivery in 20-30 years. It’s inevitable.
And by then, our love of automobiles will be satisfied by ludicrously realistic video games, for those that still need the experience. But once they die off, fuggetaboutit. Cars will be seen as something driven by automation.
I think I'm seeing the problem. They work great until they have to interact with something non-automated. Hey, what are a few pedestrians? Green light, what green light?
Driverless buses in Estonia have had a number of close calls, including ignoring a speeding police car’s emergency lights.<<<
On another occasion, one of the Easymile shuttles ignored a green pedestrian light and surprised pedestrians by driving through the crosswalk.<<<
It’s not texting when we do it.
An idea that will not survive First Contact with the tort bar in the United States.
Isn’t a “near miss” actually a collision?
[WHAM! CRUNCH!]
“Look, they nearly missed!”
“Yes, but not quite.”
-George Carlin
Just wait till a ton of such vehicles are on the road, connected by wifi to the traffic systems and their handlers, often using the same or similar operating systems, and hackers get into the lot of them via the wifi, install bugs & trojans and a “driveless” road rampage ensues.
If it is “computers” it can and will be hacked and given computer viruses. There is no question it will happen.
Then after the first incident, watch and see what will happen with the liability insurance for “driverless” vehicles.
“few near misses since, including ignoring a red light, but no ‘major incidents”
Running a red light, not major.....got it.
So, if you’re s*tfaced and use a driverless car to go home, would it still constitute DWI?
