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Its not what the public think of 'self driving'. Its not like you can tell the autopilot where you want to go and then sit back, sleep, turn around, do somethi
by willvarfar 2y ago
Its not what the public think of 'self driving'. Its not like you can tell the autopilot where you want to go and then sit back, sleep, turn around, do something else. You have to monitor it.
So you are basically paying to take legal responsibility for the crashes of a not-quite-ready autopilot whilst still having to keep alert.
The moment there is a true self-driving capability, where you can sit back and let the car drive even if you're not sober etc, then it would be wildly popular.
- trollbridge 2y agoSomewhat analogous to letting your 16 year old drive. Quite a bit more stressful than just driving yourself.
- nprateem 2y agoExactly. My car has adaptive cruise control. In slow traffic, if the car in front comes to a stop, it'll also stop. But what happens if it's turned off? I honestly don't know and don't have the balls to find out, because so far it just keeps getting closer to the car in front. So if I accidentally pause it then drive the same way I would with it enabled, I might(?) rear-end someone. It'd be the height of stupidity if it does just keep rolling forward, but who knows...
- ghaff 2y agoWhen I bought my last car, I was sort of excited about adaptive cruise control and lane keeping. But maybe because most driving I do (which isn't a huge amount) is on pretty busy roads I've sort of avoided really using it.
- kenjackson 2y agoCan’t you just look up if your car has this feature? My old car did. It was great. Probably saved me from an accident or two.