That tester detected a serious bug in the whole concept, inadvertently risking his life during testing. He should've been promoted.
Waymo self-driving car crashed when driver fell asleep and triggered manual mode
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#12Poor UX, poor safety controls. At this stage in the game, these prototype vehicles should absolutely detect whether or not their operators are paying attention, since they’re part of the safety system of the vehicle. Also, did they not learn from Uber’s fatal crash? A sole operator in these vehicles is a terrible idea. One person to monitor road conditions and one person to operate any computer equipment should be th…
Especially when drowsiness detection has been an option in various production cars for a decade now
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#14It's so sad how these companies are spending billions on developing this technology and then still cheap out on the test drivers by having them drive solo and for too long hours (and presumably at minimum wage)
Yeah, but he found a flaw in the system before it shipped.
People will be driving nonstop cross country in autonomous cars. This could easily happen. NYC to LA in 2 days.
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#15This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.
You have been on this site for less than an hour and yet you have three flagged comments already. Maybe it's time to change your approach?
Less than a half hour. And one comment is about how it's bad a woman won a Nobel prize, because she's a woman.
Gotta be a troll, rolling out new accounts.
Re: Waymo self-driving car crashed when driver fell asleep and triggered manual mode
#16It's so sad how these companies are spending billions on developing this technology and then still cheap out on the test drivers by having them drive solo and for too long hours (and presumably at minimum wage)
Waymo's vehicle operators make $20 bucks an hour. The driver was about an hour into his shift when he dozed off.
Re: Waymo self-driving car crashed when driver fell asleep and triggered manual mode
#17Poor UX, poor safety controls. At this stage in the game, these prototype vehicles should absolutely detect whether or not their operators are paying attention, since they’re part of the safety system of the vehicle. Also, did they not learn from Uber’s fatal crash? A sole operator in these vehicles is a terrible idea. One person to monitor road conditions and one person to operate any computer equipment should be th…
What's the point if you have to pay attention?
I'm being serious when I ask. I question weather people can safely use these vehicles in these modes where they're supposed to not interact ... but pay close attention at the same time.
I think it is going to have to be full autonomy, or not at all.
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#19That tester detected a serious bug in the whole concept, inadvertently risking his life during testing. He should've been promoted.
This is definitely the correct response - what is the role of testing if not to uncover flaws in both design and implementation?
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#20That's tricky. So you need to be able to take control of the car quickly in an emergency, but at the same time you want the human pseudodriver to be free to be distracted or drowsy, and so in a state where they could accidentally hit this button.