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eyes off means a driver is available. Its perfectly reasonable to cope with a problem by slowing down, pulling over and asking the driver for help. This is a ch
by stubish 9y ago
eyes off means a driver is available. Its perfectly reasonable to cope with a problem by slowing down, pulling over and asking the driver for help. This is a choice that aircraft autopilots don't get to make. I agree that eyes off should not involve sounding an alarm and make the distracted driver take over in an instant at highway speed, and any solution that did that would be really dangerous.
mind off would need to cope with there being no capable driver or even any occupants at all. And even those systems will need to phone for roadside assist sometimes.
- mannykannot 9y agoI think that is level 4 you are describing as "eyes off", not level 3, at least according to the Consumer Reports summary of the standard: "The car can drive itself, but the human driver must still pay attention and take over at any time. The car is supposed to notify its driver if intervention is needed." [my emphasis.] Pulling over or shutting down appears under level 4.
- PeterisP 9y agoA system where the failure case is to slow down, pull over, and ask for help already is a system that can drive without a human inside - if the "need for a capable driver" can wait until you're stopped, then it can stay stopped and wait for a few hours until a driver (or mechanic) arrives or it gets towed.