Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic
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Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic
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#2I really hope that cars can become safely automated in my life time but I'm worried that people will start "jailbreaking" their cars so they can exceed the speed limit.
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#3Yes, they are coming:
http://jalopnik.com/5572978/driverless-audi-tts-gets-new-col...
Seems like quite a few people are working on projects such as these. I heard some hairdo on TV the other day musing that they will reach general availability "as early as 2022". How do they even come up with those numbers?
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#4Yes, they are coming: http://jalopnik.com/5572978/driverless-audi-tts-gets-new-col... Seems like quite a few people are working on projects such as these. I heard some hairdo on TV the other day musing that they will reach general availability "as early as 2022". How do they even come up with those numbers?
> How do they even come up with those numbers?
They pull them out of their asses. :)
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#5I really hope that cars can become safely automated in my life time but I'm worried that people will start "jailbreaking" their cars so they can exceed the speed limit.
If you are surfing Internet while riding your car -- you likely would not care much about exceeding speed limit.
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#6"The only accident, engineers said, was when one Google car was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light."
Google robot > Humans
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#8Ha, I saw these cars multiple times this past week in San Francisco, including turning from Broadway onto Columbus in heavy traffic. If that was done autonomously, then I'd be very impressed since I have trouble navigating through those intersections without hitting the many bold pedestrians.
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#9In the short term, I could easily see the value in a souped up cruise control for driving on interstates. combined with infrared/night vision, this could easily make nighttime driving safer.
Also, this has great potential (though would probably generate a lot of controversy) for drunk driving. Imagine if your car had a safety mode that could watch out for potential accidents and prevent them even with a human driver.
Amazing possibilities ahead.
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#10And in the event of an accident, who would be liable — the person behind the wheel or the maker of the software?
The insurance company, just like today. Possibly paid for by the manufacturer and entirely included in the sales price, or possibly paid for by the driver/owner like today.