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We are already have fully automatic transportation machines: lifts. Are you happy with them? Do you want to use faster lifts at exchange of higher risk of injur

by lisivka 10y ago

We are already have fully automatic transportation machines: lifts. Are you happy with them? Do you want to use faster lifts at exchange of higher risk of injure or death? Do you want such faster lifts for others or for your family? IMHO, safety will win. Human life is much more valuable than wasted time. 50km/h is consider as safe speed for human driver in city. Computers are faster, so 60-70km/h will be safe for them.

Tiktaalik 10y ago
If our society was actually that concerned with safety we would have backtracked from automobile infrastructure a long time ago, but we've allowed them to dominate our public space despite the dangers they pose.
bryanlarsen 10y ago
The maximum safe speed on any street where there is the possibility of a kid hidden behind a parked car is 30 km/h, no matter human or robot driver. A 30 kph collision with a pedestrian is almost always survivable. Anything faster isn't. Robots can react faster, but cars still take time to stop. Most streets don't have more than a couple of feet of distance between moving traffic and parked cars. Reaction time is meaningless there.
- lisivka 10y ago
  Robots can adjust speed of the car according to situation, especially on electric cars with recuperation of energy in brakes. Robots can use statistics or history of incidents to improve safety. Robots can use also other things to improve safety, which cannot be used by human driver because (s)he is busy with driving, e.g. "laser" pointers of car direction of drive at road, like "mark my lane" light used by bicyclist; or directed audio/video/vibration alarms to warn of potential crash; or safety hands at front of car (like human hands), which will be released by computer to pickup child right before hit, or to to take hit from larger distance, slowly, or to change direction of car, or remove something from the road. Humans cannot do that but robots can.

by lisivka 10y ago

Tiktaalik 10y ago

If our society was actually that concerned with safety we would have backtracked from automobile infrastructure a long time ago, but we've allowed them to dominate our public space despite the dangers they pose.

bryanlarsen 10y ago

The maximum safe speed on any street where there is the possibility of a kid hidden behind a parked car is 30 km/h, no matter human or robot driver. A 30 kph collision with a pedestrian is almost always survivable. Anything faster isn't. Robots can react faster, but cars still take time to stop. Most streets don't have more than a couple of feet of distance between moving traffic and parked cars. Reaction time is meaningless there.

lisivka 10y ago
Robots can adjust speed of the car according to situation, especially on electric cars with recuperation of energy in brakes. Robots can use statistics or history of incidents to improve safety. Robots can use also other things to improve safety, which cannot be used by human driver because (s)he is busy with driving, e.g. "laser" pointers of car direction of drive at road, like "mark my lane" light used by bicyclist; or directed audio/video/vibration alarms to warn of potential crash; or safety hands at front of car (like human hands), which will be released by computer to pickup child right before hit, or to to take hit from larger distance, slowly, or to change direction of car, or remove something from the road. Humans cannot do that but robots can.