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Absolutely. The moment we develop an autopilot that is safer than average human drivers by a statistically significant margin, it should be mandatory in all car
by houseabsolute 17y ago
Absolutely. The moment we develop an autopilot that is safer than average human drivers by a statistically significant margin, it should be mandatory in all cars. I am hopeful that we will see this during our lifetimes.
- rms 17y agohttp://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/01/gm-says-driverl/ http://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/01/gm-says-driverl/
- houseabsolute 17y agoSure, but that's not the same thing as saying they will be proven statistically safer, which will be the bar you have to pass before you can mandate them for everyone. I figure that's another few years off. But I agree that it won't be long now.
- ugh 17y agoThe introduction of such systems (probably expensive at first) would also be a great opportunity to switch from car ownership to widespread car rental (ala zipcar).
- cakesy 17y agoThe best thing we can do is kill cars alltogether. Move to a more european style of cities, with medium to high density living, which makes public transport more practical.
- rdtsc 17y agoThe technology might get there soon but not the legal framework. I can't even imagine the legal implication of cars on autopilot killing pedestrians and drivers. That is also probably one of the reasons we don't have flying cars yet.