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re: how long will it be until people are forbidden to drive?
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:52 pm to texashorn
Posted on 12/29/15 at 8:52 pm to texashorn
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You know what, you might be right.
This is the article I read a several days ago, and it claims "Accident rates are twice as high as for regular vehicles."
But the driverless car was never at fault, that's the thing. People run over people all the time who drive the speed limit and obey traffic laws, driverless or not. Driverless is just programmed to never vary from obeying the law, which makes quick lane changes impossible. They can come to a quick stop and not run into anything, but the bozo riding their arse can't/won't.
So it's pure coincidence that Google is wrecking at over twice the rate because these cars are not possibly at fault, right? And how does anyone know who's fault it was? There are no accident reports.
And the examples you give happen all the time with human drivers, yet only half the accident rate. And Google says some minor accidents are not reported. Well, why wouldn't they omit reporting as well? Nothing to stop them.
Do Google cars have a set of eyes that can look through the windows of the cars in front and see brake lights coming on up ahead or does it stupidly wait until a sensor tracking the bumper of the car immediately in front sets off an alert?
Lastly, call up your insurance company and tell them you have twice as many accidents as other drivers - but none of them are your fault - and find out what happens to your rates.
Google is the devil and is full of shite.
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Posted on 12/29/15 at 9:02 pm to sullivanct19a
Hold up, bud. I think you have things a little misplaced. The government is not allowing Google engineers to program the cars to break the law, which is sometimes necessary to avoid wrecks, both large and small. I think Google would prefer to not be under those prohibitions.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:18 pm to texashorn
I think all car makers would prefer to not be regulated by the government. They all deal with it and Google has to as well. Tesla's "autopilot" works well above the posted speed limits.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:26 pm to prplhze2000
All Baton Rouge residents support.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:44 pm to sullivanct19a
quote:You're pretty angry about driverless cars LOL. Hilarious.
Going to be difficult to assess that when they don't release the accident reports you stupid frick. Shut up and come back when you rip your head out of your arse.
Also...you dodged my question, pretty small minded of you. Is the technology going to get better, yes or no? I'll answer for you, yes, which proves the part of your post i quoted irrelevant as you assumed it wouldn't in your response to someone talking about the product in the future and you giving an assessment of the now.
At least try next time.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:45 pm to stinkdawg
quote:He doesn't think the technology will get any better in the coming years, saying he doesn't get it is an understatement.
Your not getting it Sulli.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:50 pm to sullivanct19a
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sullivanct19a
Car salesman?
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:57 pm to Asgard Device
Driverless cars change the world forever. We have had plenty of threads about this already. If you cannot understand the impact driverless cars have on our lives then you should read up on it.
We would likely no longer own or own cars, traffic no longer exists since everything is relational, and can be productive any time that we are riding / no more wasted time.
It transforms human life and if Google (or anyone) solves the complexity of it then it will reinvent the company. Driverless cars would become the biggest revenue stream for Google of they execute it.
We would likely no longer own or own cars, traffic no longer exists since everything is relational, and can be productive any time that we are riding / no more wasted time.
It transforms human life and if Google (or anyone) solves the complexity of it then it will reinvent the company. Driverless cars would become the biggest revenue stream for Google of they execute it.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:59 pm to prplhze2000
The thought of it kinda scares me, but at the same time, I'd be all about getting hammered and letting my car drive me home while I load a bowl
Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:10 am to prplhze2000
Lawyers are licking their lips at suing over every accident. Instead of going after the drivers, it'll be google's deep pockets.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:19 am to Jcorye1
Hopefully soon so these LP and AP inbred truck driving douchabags going 20-30 over the limit everywhere will be done away with
Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:20 am to prplhze2000
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Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:46 am to texashorn
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but it exposed the flaw of driverless cars: they won't perform what's considered illegal, unsafe lane changes or pull ahead past the white line at red lights (or break the speed limit) to avoid accidents.
I think the ability to manually override the computer will be there for the foreseeable future.
If you're running late for work you aren't going to hop into the car that drives the exact posted speed limit and is overly cautious. On a more serious note, if your wife goes into labor suddenly or you have some sort of medical emergency, you surely aren't going to let the computer get you to the hospital at its own leisurely pace.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 12:58 am to slackster
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I think the ability to manually override the computer will be there for the foreseeable future.
If you're running late for work you aren't going to hop into the car that drives the exact posted speed limit and is overly cautious. On a more serious note, if your wife goes into labor suddenly or you have some sort of medical emergency, you surely aren't going to let the computer get you to the hospital at its own leisurely pace.
This board's lack of imagination and problem solving skills is pretty astounding. Maybe we should move this conversation over to 49ersdroppings.
Just so you know, at some point a manually driven car will be inferior in every way including speed. Not having to stop for red lights alone would be a huge advantage. People cowboying it and doing manual overrides would lessen the effectiveness of the whole system. These cars will all be intelligent enough to GTFO of your way if you indicate that there is a medical emergency. Of course there would be some sort of accountability for when people initiate emergency mode.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 1:15 am to Asgard Device
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This board's lack of imagination and problem solving skills is pretty astounding.
Perhaps you missed my qualification of "foreseeable future."
You're answer is plausible, but that type of automation and adoption is a long, long, long way off for the general public.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 2:01 am to Asgard Device
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Just so you know, at some point a manually driven car will be inferior in every way including speed. Not having to stop for red lights alone would be a huge advantage. People cowboying it and doing manual overrides would lessen the effectiveness of the whole system. These cars will all be intelligent enough to GTFO of your way if you indicate that there is a medical emergency. Of course there would be some sort of accountability for when people initiate emergency mode.
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Asgard Device
This guy gets it. The possibilities are endless with this technology.
My list of game changing technologies over the next 20 years are:
1) Driverless cars
2) Nanotechnology in health care
3) 3D Printing
#1 changes the way we move around the world and greatly improves efficiency and safety in every way imaginable
#2 transforms life expectancy / the way we cure disease
#3 forever changes how goods are produced / sold and consumed by consumers; no longer do you have to go to the store to buy a new set of wine glasses - print them for yourself at home on-demand.
This post was edited on 12/30/15 at 2:01 am
Posted on 12/30/15 at 5:32 am to prplhze2000
I wouldn't trust the humans programming the car. A computer virus would be deadly- think about the possibility of many cars at one time catching a virus.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 5:55 am to prplhze2000
I want the robots to take over when there's congestion.
Imagine how much less stop and go traffic there will be!
Imagine how much less stop and go traffic there will be!
Posted on 12/30/15 at 7:06 am to sullivanct19a
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sullivanct19a
found the guy who drives a taxi for a living.
Posted on 12/30/15 at 7:34 am to prplhze2000
If accidents are virtually nonexistent why the frick do I need insurance?
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