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The human operator was responsible for braking in this situation and failed to do so. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/HWY18MH010-prel

The human operator was responsible for braking in this situation and failed to do so. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/HWY18MH010-prelim.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/HW...

petre 8y ago
What's the point of a self/assisted driving vehicle then? If it doesn't compensate for human error, then it's useless, since humans can already operate vehicles.
mark-r 8y ago
That was my point, human operators are responsible for not hitting deer yet it happens every day. The only reason it doesn't happen to people more often is that people are better at avoiding running in front of cars.
- romwell 8y ago
  >That was my point, human operators are responsible for not hitting deer How is this even comparable? A deer jumping in front of a car is not the same as a person walking the bicycle slowly across several lanes (and almost making it to the other side) on a rather well-lit road.
  - zaarn 8y ago
    Because the human is currently monitoring the car to not hit a deer, as other comments mentions, it can take dozens of seconds to regain full awareness.
    - jimbofisher1 8y ago
      Dozens of seconds? Have you ever even driven a car? lol
      - zaarn 8y ago
        Yes, dozens of seconds. This is the scenario of "human was actually doing something entirely different because the car is self driving" This is NOT classical reaction time.
JackCh 8y ago
Semi-autonomous systems like this have the effect of reducing 'driver' attentiveness.
zaarn 8y ago
The human operator was monitoring an automated system from which is can take tens of seconds to take control back until the operator is at full capacity. Additionally the automated system clearly recognized the situation and 1.6 seconds before impact determined it should be engaging the emergency brakes. However, Uber disabled those because the Human operator was responsible to take several seconds to reorient before doing an emergency brake.

petre 8y ago

What's the point of a self/assisted driving vehicle then? If it doesn't compensate for human error, then it's useless, since humans can already operate vehicles.

mark-r 8y ago

That was my point, human operators are responsible for not hitting deer yet it happens every day. The only reason it doesn't happen to people more often is that people are better at avoiding running in front of cars.

romwell 8y ago
>That was my point, human operators are responsible for not hitting deer How is this even comparable? A deer jumping in front of a car is not the same as a person walking the bicycle slowly across several lanes (and almost making it to the other side) on a rather well-lit road.
- zaarn 8y ago
  Because the human is currently monitoring the car to not hit a deer, as other comments mentions, it can take dozens of seconds to regain full awareness.
  - jimbofisher1 8y ago
    Dozens of seconds? Have you ever even driven a car? lol
    - zaarn 8y ago
      Yes, dozens of seconds. This is the scenario of "human was actually doing something entirely different because the car is self driving" This is NOT classical reaction time.

JackCh 8y ago

Semi-autonomous systems like this have the effect of reducing 'driver' attentiveness.

zaarn 8y ago

The human operator was monitoring an automated system from which is can take tens of seconds to take control back until the operator is at full capacity. Additionally the automated system clearly recognized the situation and 1.6 seconds before impact determined it should be engaging the emergency brakes. However, Uber disabled those because the Human operator was responsible to take several seconds to reorient before doing an emergency brake.