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A self driving car should have no steering wheel. If it has a steering wheel it is a vote of no confidence from the manufacturer.
by IgorPartola 6mo ago
A self driving car should have no steering wheel. If it has a steering wheel it is a vote of no confidence from the manufacturer.
- ghaff 6mo agoI don't really buy that. There are a lot of situations (e.g. being directed to park in a space at a fairgrounds, ski area, or whatever) that you can't reasonably expect AFAIK to be programmed into a car's computer. Even if a car can legitimately handle roads under most circumstances, they're not going to be able to handle everything.
- catlikesshrimp 6mo ago"Because the Origin does not have manual controls, the NHTSA must issue an exception to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to permit operation on public roads" Too bad that project failed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(autonomous_vehicle)
- butlike 6mo agoI think their point was "it's not ready yet."
- grog454 6mo agoThrottle and yoke aren't a vote of no confidence from aircraft manufacturers. Some modes of operation are suitable for autopilot and some are not.
- sobellian 6mo agoWould it be a vote of no confidence in Full Self Flying?
- tclancy 6mo agoNo, it would be an acknowledgement of the lack of perfection in human systems so far.
- saalweachter 6mo agoI mean, they kinda are. Airline pilots aren't supposed to take a nap, and there are occasionally articles about the various things that have gone wrong because the pilots weren't paying attention.
- NekkoDroid 6mo agoThere is a reason that pilots get basically told the ins and outs of a specific plane. Imagine the outrage if people need to do month long training for a specific car just to be able to drive it (and not just a general "here is how cars roughly work and the laws of the road").
- gambiting 6mo agoHow do you reverse such a car into your own driveway that's positioned in a funny way at an angle and an incline? What if you're parking off road for any reason? Like, you have to be able to manoeuvre your own vehicle sometimes.
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- singpolyma3 6mo agoWell we don't have any self driving cars outside of San Francisco. Only cars with advanced driver assistance.
- lotsofpulp 6mo agoQuite a few more places have them now: https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/9059119?hl=en https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/9059119?hl=en
- jerlam 6mo agoAlso in Vegas (Zoox), and China has their own competitive market of self-driving taxis.
- tclancy 6mo agoThat presents an interesting failure mode challenge.