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the roads self-driving cars drive on at this point are heavily self-selected as well. I want see a few thousand self-driving cars interact on the streets of De
by Barrin92 5y ago
the roads self-driving cars drive on at this point are heavily self-selected as well. I want see a few thousand self-driving cars interact on the streets of Delhi or see one go through a snowy mountain pass with barely any signs
when people make these safety stat comparisons nowadays seems to be often ignored under how much more ambiguous conditions humans still drive safely.
- dekhn 5y agoI don't think either the Delhi Street or Snowy Mountain Pass are really required to deploy self-driving cars to 65% of the drivers in the world.
- Barrin92 5y agosnowy mountain pass maybe not but your average traffic in the world is closer to the cities of India, China, Indonesia or Brazil than a grid system in the suburbs of Phoenix Arizona. Keep in mind the US and Europe account for 10% of the world's population, and I wouldn't even have a lot of confidence in self-driving in your average traffic situation in Rome Tbh I'm not even sure if self-driving as it is covers 65% of the American population. Has anyone ever tried to use a self-driving car on a rural American road?
- dekhn 5y agoyes, people ride teslas in some sort of automated mode on rural roads. I see your point about the larger driving population, but self driving will roll out in wealthy countries with new car models first, and I think solving the problem there will predate a large solution, for many different reasons. All my comments about self driving are basically limited to urban and semi-urban wealthy countries since those are the groups subsidizing the research now.
- 9935c101ab17a66 5y agoThe counterpoint is that places and culture can change. I’m sure there was a huge kerfuffle when cars started sharing roads with horse-drawn carriages in London, and I’m sure some people thought cars would never have a place, but here we are. If self-driving cars hit the mainstream in North America and Europe, I guarantee seemingly unfit cities will adjust because truly autonomous vehicles have sooooo many benefits.
- brokenmachine 5y agoHow about Nigeria, lol! I'd love to see FSD handle this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umBS-HEUImM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umBS-HEUImM
- dekhn 5y agoI do not expect FSD to handle that. Nor would I consider it an explicit design goal. However, I was just driving in my neighborhood in northern CA and saw conditions very much like that (I live next to a school and I was driving right when school let out).