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Why Would Driverless Cars Need Rules For Crashing?
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we are continually being told they are perfect.
we are continually being told they are perfect.
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In the UK there are around 5 road traffic accident deaths per day – every day (with many more seriously injured). I would hazard a guess that once we transition to all cars on the road being autonomous, that figure will drop to less than 1. It will take some considerable time before the figure reaches zero deaths, if ever, due to the inherent hazards involved in travelling in a tin box at 70mph.
But to all you Luddites, autonomous cars will be common-place within the next 10 years, and I would be willing to bet that within 50 years, laws will be passed to stop humans engaging in such a hazardous activity as taking control of a road vehicle, for their own protection.
But to all you Luddites, autonomous cars will be common-place within the next 10 years, and I would be willing to bet that within 50 years, laws will be passed to stop humans engaging in such a hazardous activity as taking control of a road vehicle, for their own protection.
^^ That is my view exactly. Over 85% of all road accidents are due to human error, get rid of the human and it just has to be safer! Remember driverless cars will never break a road rule and will always be aware of exactly where the other cars are and what they are doing. They will all communicate constantly with each other and with the 'road network' via their computers.
Ford has announced it wants to ditch the steering wheel by 2021. And the accelerator pedal. Oh, and the brake pedal, too.
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ALL cars should probably have a blackbox now, the technology is there and it wouldn't be too expensive. Human drivers are very unreliable witnesses when trying to establish the reasons for an accident. They will under estimate speed (or lie about it) and their perception of their movement and where other vehicles were is often just plain wrong.
In the case of autonomous cars, the occupant will be even more unaware of what is happening around them. So a recording system of the data available will be helpful in establishing the reasons for a crash.
This is not an admission that the driverless technology is dodgy. If we follow your aircraft anology, the blackbox there sometimes finds pilot error. But it can also find other reasons for a crash - foul play, adverse weather conditions, a parts malfunction. We accept black boxes on aeroplanes, why would we object to them in cars?
Often, if you are involved in a crash, it is not your fault, it is the other driver. The black box on an autonomous car will be able to relay information for use by the investigating authorities, which will more likely established that the computer driven vehicle will be superior to the human drivers around it.
In the case of autonomous cars, the occupant will be even more unaware of what is happening around them. So a recording system of the data available will be helpful in establishing the reasons for a crash.
This is not an admission that the driverless technology is dodgy. If we follow your aircraft anology, the blackbox there sometimes finds pilot error. But it can also find other reasons for a crash - foul play, adverse weather conditions, a parts malfunction. We accept black boxes on aeroplanes, why would we object to them in cars?
Often, if you are involved in a crash, it is not your fault, it is the other driver. The black box on an autonomous car will be able to relay information for use by the investigating authorities, which will more likely established that the computer driven vehicle will be superior to the human drivers around it.
Lady, I doubt the owner will be responsible as he / she is not in control it's the computer, something on the same line, a firm I used to drive for was introduced to a device that stated you don't need ever to change the oil (HGVs) the company had a fleet of 30 at that time, 10 was tried with this device, 10 engines blew up. I have my own views on this device regards the Driverless cars, in theorie " Maybe" In reality "No" can you remember the Plane that landed on the Hudson in N.Y? if that captain was not in charge, that plane would have crashed.
As for the 'computer fail' the thinking is they will have multiple computers both 'on board' and remote.( I have seen proposals that they will have 7 computers ) The actions will have to be agreed by all the computers or at least a majority of them. If one computer comes up with actions that are significantly different it will be overruled.
Computer failure was probably the first problem that was considered when designing the system for actual road use rather than just testing.
Do you know that a modern passenger aircraft has an 'autopilot' (computer system) that can do everything from initial engine start , through taxi to the runway, take off, flight , approach and landing to final 'docking' at the end terminal without the pilot needing to touch the controls? The system exists but so far is not used to it's full extent.
Computer failure was probably the first problem that was considered when designing the system for actual road use rather than just testing.
Do you know that a modern passenger aircraft has an 'autopilot' (computer system) that can do everything from initial engine start , through taxi to the runway, take off, flight , approach and landing to final 'docking' at the end terminal without the pilot needing to touch the controls? The system exists but so far is not used to it's full extent.
I'm not at all looking forward to these things arriving, not because I don't believe they are the future but they're going to be difficult to deal with. At the moment we give and take on our roads - eye contact and a nod allows us to pull out from a side road etc etc. These things are fitted with camera equipment and we're going to have to give them acres of room and not inconvenience them in any way or risk being reported for careless driving. When they become ubiquitous I don't think I'll want to drive a 'manual' car.
We have to remember that computers are still very 'new' even as little as 40 years ago they barely existed apart from in huge specially built 'computer rooms' in large corporations. We will see massive advances in the next 50 years. I am sure that in 50 years time the idea of a person driving a car will be though as too dangerous to ever be allowed.
We have to remember that computers are still very 'new' even as little as 40 years ago they barely existed apart from in huge specially built 'computer rooms' in large corporations. We will see massive advances in the next 50 years. I am sure that in 50 years time the idea of a person driving a car will be though as too dangerous to ever be allowed.
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