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you should try using some noise cancelling headphones and listening to music while driving. The result is really surprising and it is way more difficult to dri

you should try using some noise cancelling headphones and listening to music while driving. The result is really surprising and it is way more difficult to drive. Humans are actually using their ears a LOT while driving. You don't realize it because the brain is so powerful at blending everything into a single "feel".

lmm 7y ago
You're listening to your own engine yes, but a car control system presumably has more direct access to that information. You simply can't hear sound from outside - and car makers advertise this as a feature! - to say nothing of the fact that many or most drivers will be playing music by one or another means.
- marshallant 7y ago
  You can't hear sound from outside? So you can't hear sirens? Or horns? Or cars right next to you? Or safety warnings that warn of cars next to you when turning your blinker on? Or needing to break quickly? Etc etc
- rainyMammoth 7y ago
  You are also blending sounds from other cars, as well as sounds from your tires on the road which gives you some feedback on the driving conditions. All of those match patterns that you have seen before and give you a better feeling about your car status. The brain is using hundreds of different captors and is order of magnitude more powerful than any computer today. Attempting to drive with a couple cameras as only sensors is a recipe for disaster as has already been proved (see also: Tesla crashes)
- zaarn 7y ago
  You can hear plenty of sound from the outside, most of it in the lower frequency bands and sometimes only via bone transmission, but it's there. Get a pair of active noise-cancelling headphones and try it for yourself, especially in more complicated driving situations. While the brain can still operate a car with the loss of some input, visual input isn't really enough and is heavily supported by all other senses (acceleration and gravity, sound, touch and vibration, temperature and kinesthetic). Unlike modern computers, the brain is massively parallel and asynchronous, so it can simply use all of the inputs to find the correct course of action, even going as far as considering multiple lines of thoughts (and then your memory is manipulated so you only experience the chosen line of thought, similar to your vision being manipulated when you blink).
mywacaday 7y ago
Same here, tried it with earbuds once and it was very unnerving. Took them out after a minute.

lmm 7y ago

You're listening to your own engine yes, but a car control system presumably has more direct access to that information. You simply can't hear sound from outside - and car makers advertise this as a feature! - to say nothing of the fact that many or most drivers will be playing music by one or another means.

marshallant 7y ago
You can't hear sound from outside? So you can't hear sirens? Or horns? Or cars right next to you? Or safety warnings that warn of cars next to you when turning your blinker on? Or needing to break quickly? Etc etc
rainyMammoth 7y ago
You are also blending sounds from other cars, as well as sounds from your tires on the road which gives you some feedback on the driving conditions. All of those match patterns that you have seen before and give you a better feeling about your car status. The brain is using hundreds of different captors and is order of magnitude more powerful than any computer today. Attempting to drive with a couple cameras as only sensors is a recipe for disaster as has already been proved (see also: Tesla crashes)
zaarn 7y ago
You can hear plenty of sound from the outside, most of it in the lower frequency bands and sometimes only via bone transmission, but it's there. Get a pair of active noise-cancelling headphones and try it for yourself, especially in more complicated driving situations. While the brain can still operate a car with the loss of some input, visual input isn't really enough and is heavily supported by all other senses (acceleration and gravity, sound, touch and vibration, temperature and kinesthetic). Unlike modern computers, the brain is massively parallel and asynchronous, so it can simply use all of the inputs to find the correct course of action, even going as far as considering multiple lines of thoughts (and then your memory is manipulated so you only experience the chosen line of thought, similar to your vision being manipulated when you blink).

mywacaday 7y ago

Same here, tried it with earbuds once and it was very unnerving. Took them out after a minute.