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Well, it’s not autopilot, it’s guided steering and gas, which on a freeway is the “easy” autopilot path: trivially (for a human) identifiable routes, signage, i
by drb91 8y ago
Well, it’s not autopilot, it’s guided steering and gas, which on a freeway is the “easy” autopilot path: trivially (for a human) identifiable routes, signage, infrequent low visibility occluded by tight turns, etc. I’d guess a) if you removed the driver from behind the wheel the accident per mile would skyrocket and b) humans already have a much improved accident rate on the freeway compared to general purpose driving. Is it better than a driver driving alone? Maybe—time will tell as more dose off behind wheel, although I am hopeful—but it’s hardly designed to operate without failure and should not be referred to as autopilot at all. It would help if Tesla provided a meaningful comparison instead of the disingenuous one they trot around.
- njarboe 8y agoSafety improvements on divided highways I think are to the point that driving is so boring for humans that any increase in safty ends up with offsetting human behaviors like, eating, texting, phone calls, looking at the scenery, falling asleep. If auto-cars can do on-ramp to off-ramp driving 3 times? safer than humans(and many say that is already here), this would be a huge improvement for lots of people. Long commuters and overnight trips instead of flying, especially.