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Obviously there is no failsafe that pulls the car over, otherwise you would see that the cars had pulled over. This might be annoying on city streets but imagin
by Flankk 4y ago
Obviously there is no failsafe that pulls the car over, otherwise you would see that the cars had pulled over. This might be annoying on city streets but imagine if it were on the highway. An almost guaranteed 50 car pileup. If history is any guide, this will actually happen in the next few years and be followed by a lawsuit and regulation.
- elpescado 4y agoThat's assuming that there's a space to pull over, which is often not the case on city streets. Especially, when every AV wants to pull over.
- throw_5202 4y agoStopping as close to a curb as possible is still better than stopping in the middle of the line. And much better than stopping on an intersection.
- carlmr 4y agoAlso the assumption that the fail-safe _works_. Any of these fail-safes are much more complex than a classical fail-safe.
- bee_rider 4y agoI mean, if we were driving together -- you have the steering wheel, I have the map -- and I say "woah I have no idea where we are," what would you do? I guess you would just drive around until I figured it out, or found a safe spot to pull over...