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> Maybe instead of teaching self-driving cars to break the laws like everyone else does, we should change the laws to reflect more how people drive. In my exp
by perlgeek 9y ago
> Maybe instead of teaching self-driving cars to break the laws like everyone else does, we should change the laws to reflect more how people drive.
In my experience, people always drive a bit faster than allowed. If you raise the limit, people raise their speed as well. Maybe the solution is to only allow the relaxed rules to robotic drivers? (though that would also raise resentment).
- setr 9y ago>In my experience, people always drive faster than allowed I think its more of people prefer to drive at the speed they're comfortable with (they believe its sufficiently safe given the environment), and legal speed limits tend to be significantly lower than that, except during special cases ie traffic jams. Im not sure if people are actually good at guaging where they should feel comfortable driving, but if you relax the rules for AI, it would be in a similar setup and the same question would apply.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoWith AI you can determine the accuracy of its "sense of comfort" through design and testing; it's harder with humans. But the thing is, that on the road people often drive not at the speed they're personally comfortable with, but closer to the average speed all drivers on a given road stretch are comfortable with. I.e. I've often been in cases where the driver drove faster than he/she liked because otherwise everyone else would stick to their tail, honk, or aggressively pass by.