Posted on 04/26/2021 2:20:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Three Democratic U.S. senators on Monday said they are introducing legislation that would require U.S. regulators to mandate installation of driver-monitoring systems to ensure motorists pay attention while using systems like Tesla's Autopilot.
Senators Ed Markey, Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar introduced the measure on Monday, saying they hope to get it included as part of infrastructure reform legislation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened 28 probes into Tesla crashes to date, with 24 pending, where Autopilot was suspected of being in use.
The measure also requires the agency "to study how driver-monitoring systems can prevent driver distraction, driver disengagement, automation complacency, and the foreseeable misuse of advanced driver-assist systems."
...Last week, Consumer Reports said its engineers were able to operate a Tesla vehicle without anyone in the driver's seat, and the system failed to send out a warning or indicate that the driver's seat was empty...
Blumenthal and Markey are also introducing separate measures to boost completion rates of auto safety recalls, require automakers to publicly disclose more early-warning defect information and set new motor vehicle seat safety standards.
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Toyota (the rumored partner for Apple’s car) is buying the autonomous project from Lyft. There’s also Google’s, various automaker’s, etc. My view is, the only people who want this are the hucksters trying to sell it to us.
“...We just bought a new XXXXXX which has adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, automatic braking, etc.... I turned it all off - it’s dangerous”
Now, do I trust it? Of course not. Do I take my hands off of the wheel or tuck my feet under me while driving (like I could!), don’t be daft. Right now, cars are maybe 60% of the way to being self-driving. But it’s the easy 60% Don’t know if they’ll get to the last 40%.
I have read, that the older one is (and I’m older than I’ve ever been in my life) the less trust one puts into the tech. I’ve seen videos of guys letting their cars pretty much drive themselves with their arms folded. Crazy.
And, as you’ve said, you can always (for now at least) turn the tech off.
My view is, the only people who want this are the hucksters trying to sell it to us.
We never got the flying cars we were promised well more than a half century ago, but we do seem to being on the cusp of self-driving cars. Would I trust my life to one? Hell no! I wouldn’t be comfortable to be in a car where the driver’s input is not part of ‘driving’.
On the other hand, I have no trouble imagining that the kids or grandkids of kids in school today will have no idea of how to ‘drive’ a car. My grandpa knew how to drive a steam locomotive as well as a team of horses, but I’d be clueless as to how to do either.
My truck has that. Seat vibrates on the side going out of bounds.
Very tough these days to find peeps that can drive manual transmission/clutch.
I remember that story.
No one will need to own a car, it’ll be utopia!
People who drive inebriated really look forward to autonomous vehicles. So do johns who like to ‘do’ hookers in the back seat. Yeah, I want to rent that vehicle.
Very tough these days to find peeps that can drive manual transmission/clutch.
Well drunk people in autonomous cars might be a good thing for everyone. As for what happens in a rental car’s back seat, even now, who knows?
Three elected morons.
Let put monltoring devices on congress critters because they far more dangerous that Teslas
“You have been fined one credit...”
Not when they're the ones doing the legislating.
Yes, but right now I can afford to onw.
/bingo
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