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There's a norm of competence in airline pilots. We can't say the same for automobile drivers.
by alexanderstears 9y ago
There's a norm of competence in airline pilots. We can't say the same for automobile drivers.
- pm90 9y agoCorrect. There's also the small detail that while autopilot systems might be a rounding error in the cost of an airplane, it would be a significant financial burden for average joe/jill driver.
- verytrivial 9y agoPlus the sky is, on average, empty.
- onewhonknocks 9y agoCan't we? (about the vast majority of automobile drivers)
- alexanderstears 9y agoDepending on where you set your standards, sure. But we have an expectation in the United States safety technology has to accommodate darn near everyone. We have a law that airbags have to accommodate unbelted passengers: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/35/6/1 http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/35/6/1 Now sure, a passenger can be different than the driver but it's the same philosophy. The amount of illegal maneuvers I see every day on my commute is astonishing - not using blinkers, intruding on cross walks, not moving over for emergency vehicles, following too closely, etc. It doesn't help that the only traffic law enforcement is really around speeding / running red lights / DUIs. The problem with autonomous cars isn't the autonomous cars - it's accommodating non-autonomous actors. It only takes one google car hitting an old lady who's chasing a duck on the street to become CNN breaking news for the next 3 months a la that airliner that disappeared.