Pacolovestacos
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There was an operator behind the wheel and the woman was crossing outside the crosswalk at night. Just another unfortunate pedestrian accident.
Full disclosure I am a proponent of autonomous vehicles and believe they will revolutionize the way we travel, work, and spend a lot of our time. I am sad to hear about any accident, but I do hope it is kept in perspective and testing is allowed to continue.
5,997 pedestrians were killed in 2016. You can’t directly compare that to autonomous accidents because there are few autonomous cars out there and upping the sample might also up the fatalities. However sad one death is, I think autonomous vehicles will show to be much safer though (although not absolutely risk free) than drivers.
Also, one thing to keep in mind about these cars, is that they will put an awful lot of people out of work.
5,997 pedestrians were killed in 2016. You can’t directly compare that to autonomous accidents because there are few autonomous cars out there
I'm not sure. I probably would never get one for myself as I enjoy driving, especially during low traffic times.
Also, one thing to keep in mind about these cars, is that they will put an awful lot of people out of work.
What’s the responsibility of the person/ operator?
Full disclosure I am a proponent of autonomous vehicles and believe they will revolutionize the way we travel, work, and spend a lot of our time. I am sad to hear about any accident, but I do hope it is kept in perspective and testing is allowed to continue.
5,997 pedestrians were killed in 2016. You can’t directly compare that to autonomous accidents because there are few autonomous cars out there and upping the sample might also up the fatalities. However sad one death is, I think autonomous vehicles will show to be much safer though (although not absolutely risk free) than drivers.
Yes but where would be the sensationalism in that? People thrive on that.Certainly not enough information to blame this on a self-driving car. There have been instances where pedestrians have been struct by vehicles with drivers when the pedestrian simply steps out without looking. Cold very well have been the same case her.
Yes but where would be the sensationalism in that? People thrive on that.
I think insurance will likely be the thing that gets people out of their cars. When (I know if) autonomous cars are proven to be exponentially safer, the cost to drive yourself will increase from insurance premiums and at a certain point will become too much for most drivers. I don’t think this is going to happen overnight but I think the switch will happen a lot faster than most people expect (just look what the internet did in 20 years).
Autonomous cars also make the cost of car sharing drop and the ease of use much more convenient- no lost time looking for parking, you’re dropped off at the door and the car is off to grab its next rider, you aren’t responsible for maintenance or parking, the car utilization rate is much higher sharing the ROI of car buying, so I think we’ll get to a point where owning your own car doesn’t make sense for a lot of people. I know this sounds very sci fi minority report but I think we’re going to see incredible changes within 30 years (and just think 30 years ago everyone had a set of encyclopedias, you paid to call long distance, had to buy maps, didn’t have message boards, and bought cassette tapes and vcrs so things do change more rapidly than we realize).
No. That's half of the problem. Cars that have some capacity to pilot themselves today are misunderstood by people. They take it to mean they can sit back and play on their phones. Reality is, even with Tesla, the driver still needs to be at full attention and ready to take over at any time. Unless we get to the 100% isolated environment I mentioned above, this will not change.Wouldn't their responsibility be the same as any other passenger in the car? Zero?
This all seems insane to me. I get that people are supportive of new tech. But seriously, how could this ever be unleashed?