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It is so reliable I no longer impulsively reach for my brakes. Let’s say the car in front of me speeds up after slamming on its brakes. Hmm. That sounds pretty
by ErrantX 17y ago
It is so reliable I no longer impulsively reach for my brakes. Let’s say the car in front of me speeds up after slamming on its brakes.
Hmm. That sounds pretty dangerous :(
- chaosmachine 17y agoYeah, I could see this becoming a problem in the future. Imagine getting used to this, then for some reason, needing to drive an older car. "Oops, I didn't realize this car required manual braking".
- sailormoon 17y agoThere could be two classes of license, like in Japan where you can have a limited qualification to drive only automatics, or a full license including manuals too. In this case, however, the "automatic" would be the fully automated vehicle, and the "manual" would be the traditional human-controlled one.
- borism 17y agowhy would you need a license for a fully automated vehicle?
- billswift 17y agoThe real reason for drivers licenses is social control. My father's first driver's license was never supposed to expire, my State ID was never supposed to expire, in both they changed the rules, and forced stores and banks to no longer accept "expired" IDs as proof of identity. It's not like your identity or age or ability to drive or anything else changes when your ID expires, they just want to keep you on their chain.
- sailormoon 17y agoDon't ignore the departmental revenue from license renewals.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoTaken out of context your quote does sound dangerous. If he were used to this and tried to drive another vehicle he may have slower reactions when braking is needed. The acceleration in your quote is because the road ahead is now clear and he can accelerate up to his cruise speed unless he gets too close again. THe full paras: >I pull onto a road, say freeway 280, and I set the cruise control. I set the top speed the car should ever go. Say 80 mph. But it doesn’t go 80 unless there’s no cars in front of me. Usually in Silicon Valley there’s traffic. So, the car in that case follows the car in front of me. >But they just slammed on their brakes to avoid something. What does my car do? It slams on its brakes too. It is so reliable I no longer impulsively reach for my brakes. Let’s say the car in front of me speeds up after slamming on its brakes. My car speeds up too. It’s like there is a rope between my car and theirs. It is like nothing you’ve ever experienced.
- ErrantX 17y agoYeh sorry the accel section got copied over by accident. I do think the first section highlights one of the big concerns though. Regardless of scobles excitment this tech is still in the infancy. There could be a dangerous transfer period.
- mschy 17y agoI have a car equipped with a similar system, and have a similar reaction (my car will slow down to a stop if I let it). I've had no issues thinking that rental cars were the same, because the driving experience with "standard" cruise control and radar/laser cruise control is very obviously different.