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I would expect the first driverless vehicles to be something like buses, metros, ferrys, etc. Something that always follow a predetermine route should have an e

I would expect the first driverless vehicles to be something like buses, metros, ferrys, etc. Something that always follow a predetermine route should have an easier time than a cab that must be able to drive basically anywhere. Still has to deal with unexpected things of course, the real world is chaotic, but AI manufacturers should try to limit the variables as much as they if they want to give a good showing to get more adoption.

nine_k 4y ago
Bus drivers are paid to drive, and have a union. Buses are large, expensive, and few. Regular people drive cars out of necessity to commute. Cars are ubiquitous. Which market was easier to sell to investors?
- daniel-cussen 4y ago
  Yeah but in SF there's enough every 9 minutes, and they don't make such great wages, get real. People should get paid to drive their car to work. It's dangerous, has high liability for them in case of injury or litigation, and in any case they should be compensated for even driving at all. That's because people like me can only ride bicycles because being such terrible drivers. Unless taking an amount of stimulants niggardly shrinks will never prescribe for the specific task of driving, driving would put many other people at risk and lead to an accident a day, whereas on a bike the maximum death toll is myself. And I suck up the accident with my adrenaline, my body, and the bike frame. Injury without guilt.
Jolter 4y ago
There are tons of self-driving metros in use across the world already so that idea is nothing new. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_train_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_train_system...
phh 4y ago
Well this is already ongoing. In France: We already have automated (no staff in train) metros (Paris' 14, Paris' 1, soon Paris' 4, Paris' Orlyval, Rennes' a/b just for the ones I've used) I remember there was a prototype bus (12 person size ~) at La Défense - with a staff always on board, and I see that now there is "EZ10" in Toulouse, but I remember seeing also other lines as well. I'm pretty confident there are many all across the world.

nine_k 4y ago

Bus drivers are paid to drive, and have a union. Buses are large, expensive, and few. Regular people drive cars out of necessity to commute. Cars are ubiquitous. Which market was easier to sell to investors?

daniel-cussen 4y ago
Yeah but in SF there's enough every 9 minutes, and they don't make such great wages, get real. People should get paid to drive their car to work. It's dangerous, has high liability for them in case of injury or litigation, and in any case they should be compensated for even driving at all. That's because people like me can only ride bicycles because being such terrible drivers. Unless taking an amount of stimulants niggardly shrinks will never prescribe for the specific task of driving, driving would put many other people at risk and lead to an accident a day, whereas on a bike the maximum death toll is myself. And I suck up the accident with my adrenaline, my body, and the bike frame. Injury without guilt.

Jolter 4y ago

There are tons of self-driving metros in use across the world already so that idea is nothing new. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_train_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_train_system...

phh 4y ago

Well this is already ongoing. In France: We already have automated (no staff in train) metros (Paris' 14, Paris' 1, soon Paris' 4, Paris' Orlyval, Rennes' a/b just for the ones I've used) I remember there was a prototype bus (12 person size ~) at La Défense - with a staff always on board, and I see that now there is "EZ10" in Toulouse, but I remember seeing also other lines as well. I'm pretty confident there are many all across the world.