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And this is what killed earlier attempts at self driving cars... liability (and merging problems but those were fixable) Granted in the late 90s the self drivi
by avs733 6y ago
And this is what killed earlier attempts at self driving cars... liability (and merging problems but those were fixable)
Granted in the late 90s the self driving technology was mostly focused on closed roads and using modified systems (eg magnetic pins in the road) to help cars self locate
But it came down to: if there’s an accident who’s responsible? The driver? The car manufacturer? The road designer? The road builder? The government?
For this to all work, companies have to take responsibility (not legal, but much more ethical than Tesla has shown) for their technology and you probably need a government system like the vaccine adverse event reporting system with associated payouts.
- Corrado 6y agoI think there is still a question of who's responsible. If I have an accident in my non-automated Honda Accord, who's responsible? It could be the car manufacturer, if the front wheel falls off because of a manufacturing defect. Or it could be the government because of unmaintained safety features. Does that equation change if the car is "full self driving"?
- avs733 6y agoI am not a lawyer... My snarky answer says “who wrote and who is interpreting the licensing agreement”
- baybal2 6y agoEven back with those self driving buses, things were on the side of extreme caution. I remember the big problem with them were stray soda cans triggering stop. I don't see how current technological advances can any improve the local environment awareness of the car until the actual cognition element is there.