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I think the point is the car has to be able to drive completely independently if we are to allow cars to travel without anybody inside at all, which includes ha
by sseth 9y ago
I think the point is the car has to be able to drive completely independently if we are to allow cars to travel without anybody inside at all, which includes handling emergency situations. And of course as some others have pointed out the people inside may be old, handicapped, children etc - expecting them to take control may make things worse.
As far as front seats are concerned, why even have a front seat? Have people sit in a circle facing each other, with a table in the middle - so you can have a conversation. Not having a wheel allows us to reimagine the interiors of cars which are currently built around the driver.
- stormbrew 9y agoI don't even think you have to appeal to people being old or children. The idea that a distracted human being is going to be able to take over for a machine with 360 degree vision in an emergency is absurd, no matter how able they are.
- sseth 9y agoThe case I was responding to was one of car breakdown. Of course the other case would be an emergency while the car is moving (which is what you are talking of) and here i think the evidence is compelling. To hand over control to a distracted driver at the worst possible moment is not likely to work well. It actually does not work well even for trained pilots, as the Air France crash some years ago showed.