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Until we get to real autonomous cars, we'll probably have more issues with people and their hubris. My car has a bunch of these features, and I have them only i
by pwthornton 9y ago
Until we get to real autonomous cars, we'll probably have more issues with people and their hubris. My car has a bunch of these features, and I have them only in case of messing up. They are redundancy. Nothing more.
Some people are way overestimating what these systems can do or are paying less attention because they think the car will correct for their mistakes. We're going to be in for a rocky few years or so where these advanced systems may lead more crashes from inattentive drivers.
Having used these various technologies, I can firmly say that I can't wait for fully autonomous cars.
- wutbrodo 9y agoWhat you're describing seems like undue faith in the technology to do things that it's not yet mature enough to achieve. That has roughly zero to do with hubris.
- MBCook 9y agoMine does too, but instead of calling it 'Autopilot' it's 'adaptive cruise control' and 'lane keep assist'. The names make it clear the car is not driving its self (although it's clear to me its close to capable for the simple case). The car makes it VERY clear you MUST steer. The car mostly keeps itself in the lane but is a little bit unsmooth about it (I assume to encourage drivers to do it themselves) and will yell at you loudly if you go more than 10-15s without doing steering yourself and disable its self. It's a great feature and helps a ton with high crosswinds... but it's very clear it's not meant to be relied upon to drive the car.
- InitialLastName 9y ago> My car has a bunch of these features, and I have them only in case of messing up. They are redundancy. Nothing more. Thank you for applying a healthy strategy to not killing people with your car.