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I think you touched on the fundamental reason self driving cars cannot currently do this. It would mean programming self driving cars to, in some circumstances,
by tboughen 9y ago
I think you touched on the fundamental reason self driving cars cannot currently do this. It would mean programming self driving cars to, in some circumstances, break the law.
I agree with the thrust of your comment though, and think that a change in the law may be required to allign incentives for machines as well as people to drive humanely.
- taneq 9y agoThey already do that for speed limits - iirc Waymo cars will 'go with the flow' to a certain extent if everyone around them is speeding. Swerving out of your lane (assuming it is safe to do so) to avoid a collision seems pretty straightforward.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoWhich eventually gets the vehicle into conflict: Exhibit A, amongs other things going over the speed limit, oops, now someone's dead.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoHmm, interesting. Google Street View seems to have 45 mph speed limit at that location...https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4350531,-111.941492,3a,75y,334.17h,76.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx-K4_17J8MVthFRapvIa2A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=cs https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4350531,-111.941492,3a,75y,3...