Personally, I'm more scared of people reverse engineering self-driving cars to commit remote acts of terrorism.
At the same time, I'm concerned that we're putting too many of our eggs in one basket with self-driving cars. It seems we decided, at some point, that encouraging humans to be better drivers was impossible and that technology had to "save" us from ourselves.
True, but a more simple solution would be to criminalize messing with phones while driving, and improve driver education....it seems a good segment of our society believes it's possible to text and drive at the same time. At least with an automated car, I know the computer is paying attention...
As far as I know, currently even the automated cars still require a driver to be at the wheel.I know that if an Uber showed up for me, and nobody was in the driver's seat, I am not getting in. No way am I going to let some robot drive me. In my book. This is relying too much on technology.
As far as I know, currently even the automated cars still require a driver to be at the wheel.
Unless the uber was in the inside left turn lane - then the person would have already crossed two lanes before being struck."A video recording from the Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a woman Sunday shows that she moved in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.
The Uber had a forward-facing video recorder, which showed the woman was walking a bike at about 10 p.m. and came from a darkened center median into traffic and "it’s very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode,” Tempe, Arizona, police chief Sylvia Moir told the San Francisco Chronicle.
"The driver said it was like a flash, the person walked out in front of them," Moir said, referring to the back-up driver who was behind the wheel but not operating the vehicle. "His first alert to the collision was the sound of the collision."
Video Shows Woman Stepped Suddenly in Front of Self-Driving Uber
Unless the uber was in the inside left turn lane - then the person would have already crossed two lanes before being struck.
Autonomous or not, it would seem that every pedestrian killed by a car was a suicidal, jump in front of a car...
As one who uses a bicycle/walking and transit as my primary means of work commuting.. I'm skeptical of the story so far.. and of course a dead man (woman in this case) can tell no tale.
...it seems a good segment of our society believes it's possible to text and drive at the same time. At least with an automated car, I know the computer is paying attention...
I was making a point about human nature and its tendency to exagerate dangers. Like how people are afraid of getting eaten by sharks or terrorists.
I drive a lot and see this all the time. To me, this is a major safety issue in the United States today and even worse than those driving under the influence.
Yep. Human error strikes again.Well, not the AI's fault if critical systems are turned off.
Yep. Human error strikes again.
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