Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
 

I thought I posted this video a few days ago, but I can't find it, so I'm trying again. It's done by a science educator (Derek Muller) who regularly posts fascinating videos on his Veratasium (element of truth) YouTube channel. If the link doesn't work for you, search YouTube for "veratasium driverless cars".

https://youtu.be/yjztvddhZmI?si=UnRc_F_7rw0f2VHe

Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now?

Because you want more accidents with higher insurance premiums, and the ability of your car to kill you. Not to mention what a hacker could do to that idea.

Didn't watch the video?

China will develop the perfect driverless car. They don't have to worry about the "Morgans and Morgans" during testing.:jester:

I like the idea of fully-approved, driverless cars. Distracted driving, driving under the influence, bad habits, poor skills, and just poor decision making cause the roads to be rather dangerous. If those drivers were sitting back in their computer-driven cars it would make things safer for all of us.

Tesla's experience shows not all full-self driving systems are ready for prime time. I noted that the system in the video uses the LiDAR sensors that Tesla removed. I will trust a certified, fully-approved system to be safe.

The most difficult hurdle is having automated cars having to deal with the erratic behavior of human drivers also on the road. At some point all cars will be automated and communicate so accidents will be very infrequent.

I’m hoping for an autonomous golf cart to bring me home from the square.

I am continually surprised that there are not many more auto accident fatalities , a recent trip to the Midwest and back I was almost involved in a serious accident going and returning, both occasions I was with the flow of traffic, moderately heavy, when overtaken by an other driver traveling at a remarkable speed weaving lane to lane on one occasion missed the rear of my veh on the other the front of my veh and the back of a tractor / trailer in the lane next to me , it would have been difficult to plan and accomplish the choreography of these maneuvers much less so just on the fly, I remain amazed

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It is definitely the future. I will not see it come to full fruition, but it is here, and the Genie will not be put back in the bottle.
The ultimate conclusion will be banning all humans from driving, for full safety.
It's an amazing world!

This would probably be ideal for The Villages; it is a reasonably confined area and would probably be an ideal location for a driverless SHARED RIDE concept, and I believe it could be expanded to surrounding areas (maybe avoiding I4). Since it appears to be able to work with NON automated vehicles this would also work well.
Maybe we should get together and start contacting WAYMO to see if they can setup a program in TV.

It's the opposite of that, more likely. The salivating law firms in the USA cause product developers to grind-out their designs and manufacturing extra tightly to avoid big problems/lawsuits.

Places like China, India and elsewhere simply don't care if many people get harmed, or even killed, during the development, testing and usage of things. Just ask anyone who grew up in either of those countries.

I would actually feel better flying in a driverless plane then the car. :undecided:

Screw that.

It’s not a matter of if, but when.

It’s coming folks. Get used to the idea. The roads will be safer.

Hmmm
 

Until, a part breaks that is crucial for operation (metal and electrical components never break…/s) and the program for the car can’t solve the problem.

We own a 2023 car that can drive itself on limited access highways and can use lane detection and crash detection on all roads. It won’t let us take our hands off the wheel without an alarm. It definitely helps keeping the car in its lane and not rear ending someone. Definitely feel safer using the technology, although there was a comfort curve to learn about trusting it would work.