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My gut feeling is that it will take longer that we expect for it to be wide stream. I am extremely curious how far off the technology is to drive on less than

My gut feeling is that it will take longer that we expect for it to be wide stream. I am extremely curious how far off the technology is to drive on less than predictable roads, such as narrow streets of London during rush hour or in the small villages of Yorkshire in the UK. I love how the article refers to lives saved, whereas I always said, "we will allow computer driven cars when the number of accidents/lives lost will be less than those caused by humans". It goes to show that the nature of driving is now out of anyone's hands and we accept there are fatalities, akin to disease. With this acceptance is the race to save lives, rather than have preventable loss. >> And roughly 40 percent of fatal accidents are caused by alcohol, distraction, drugs or fatigue. Letting robots take the wheel would save lives. The part that I find interesting is that if you are in control over whether to drive with alcohol, distraction, drugs or fatigue (at least for the car you travel in); you can affect your chances of being in a fatal accident. With computers at the wheel, you don't have control and accidents become the lottery of driving. Unless of course, control over your fate is now down to whether you install the latest firmware update on your car. I do believe that mainstream driverless cars will happen and future generations will look back at human driven cars like riding horses - mostly done for recreational purposes and not for long distances.

papandrinko 13y ago
>I am extremely curious how far off the technology is to drive on less than predictable roads I don't know which aspects of roads you are considering, but there are few unpredictable roads nowadays, thanks to street view
- martin-adams 13y ago
  I'm referring to parked cars on the left with oncoming traffic on the right, adding driveways with vehicles entering and a wall on the right hand side of the road. I'm referring to really tight corners which you can't do it in a single turn and have to reverse back, all while there is potential for oncoming traffic. I'm referring to single lane country roads with passing points every few hundred yards and having to reverse back to accommodate a vehicle or tractor coming the other way. I'm referring to blind corners where the only way to know if it's clear is to watch for no cars between the visible gaps in a hedge or between cars. I'm referring to the guy in the middle of the road with the road works sign saying waving you to go or to stop. I really mean the less than predictable conditions on the roads. Stuff like this: Cars on left: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=holmfirth&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-1.782294!3d53.567125!2m2!1f328.2!2f83.7!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1shyNnYnK19Ptbn2fzyWAxDA!2e0!5m2!1shyNnYnK19Ptbn2fzyWAxDA!2e0!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x487bc4ceed38a29b%3A0x807d7a8131476d90!3m8!1m3!1d100097!2d-1.4004929!3d50.9138216!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1!4m2!3d53.571744!4d-1.786292&fid=5 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=holmfirth&data=!1m8... Sharp turn: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=laithe+avenue&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-1.818507!3d53.557762!2m2!1f268.42!2f73.96!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1sBwN7Jici9iUbFzo1gF1oow!2e0!5m2!1sBwN7Jici9iUbFzo1gF1oow!2e0!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x487bda9b8e913e43%3A0x7f746b9d85fdf3ee!3m8!1m3!1d23571!2d-1.8124635!3d53.5673161!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1!4m2!3d53.555649!4d-1.8160425&fid=5 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=laithe+avenue&data=... Pulling out onto this road: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-1.864395!3d53.495086!2m2!1f244.94!2f82.17!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1sHHMWT0D74ngmWnkdsy1HLA!2e0!5m2!1sHHMWT0D74ngmWnkdsy1HLA!2e0&fid=5 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-... I'm not saying it's impossible, but I know it's not easy.
  - dandellion 13y ago
    I'd expect them to drive themselves most of the time, but not always. On some places you'd have to "switch to manual" and drive the car yourself to a place where the gps tells you that it's suitable to turn on automatic driving.
IanCal 13y ago
> I am extremely curious how far off the technology is to drive on less than predictable roads, such as narrow streets of London during rush hour I'd expect them to do better, for the most part. They're able to take in significantly more information than humans so rushed, cramped situations is where they should shine. One thing I think they'll do 'worse' than the drivers in London is driving straight at pedestrians who cross when they shouldn't. If it stops for anyone, everyone will cross. They need to angrily drive straight at people and honk their horn.

papandrinko 13y ago

>I am extremely curious how far off the technology is to drive on less than predictable roads I don't know which aspects of roads you are considering, but there are few unpredictable roads nowadays, thanks to street view

martin-adams 13y ago
I'm referring to parked cars on the left with oncoming traffic on the right, adding driveways with vehicles entering and a wall on the right hand side of the road. I'm referring to really tight corners which you can't do it in a single turn and have to reverse back, all while there is potential for oncoming traffic. I'm referring to single lane country roads with passing points every few hundred yards and having to reverse back to accommodate a vehicle or tractor coming the other way. I'm referring to blind corners where the only way to know if it's clear is to watch for no cars between the visible gaps in a hedge or between cars. I'm referring to the guy in the middle of the road with the road works sign saying waving you to go or to stop. I really mean the less than predictable conditions on the roads. Stuff like this: Cars on left: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=holmfirth&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-1.782294!3d53.567125!2m2!1f328.2!2f83.7!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1shyNnYnK19Ptbn2fzyWAxDA!2e0!5m2!1shyNnYnK19Ptbn2fzyWAxDA!2e0!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x487bc4ceed38a29b%3A0x807d7a8131476d90!3m8!1m3!1d100097!2d-1.4004929!3d50.9138216!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1!4m2!3d53.571744!4d-1.786292&fid=5 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=holmfirth&data=!1m8... Sharp turn: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=laithe+avenue&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-1.818507!3d53.557762!2m2!1f268.42!2f73.96!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1sBwN7Jici9iUbFzo1gF1oow!2e0!5m2!1sBwN7Jici9iUbFzo1gF1oow!2e0!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x487bda9b8e913e43%3A0x7f746b9d85fdf3ee!3m8!1m3!1d23571!2d-1.8124635!3d53.5673161!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1!4m2!3d53.555649!4d-1.8160425&fid=5 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=laithe+avenue&data=... Pulling out onto this road: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-1.864395!3d53.495086!2m2!1f244.94!2f82.17!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1sHHMWT0D74ngmWnkdsy1HLA!2e0!5m2!1sHHMWT0D74ngmWnkdsy1HLA!2e0&fid=5 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-... I'm not saying it's impossible, but I know it's not easy.
- dandellion 13y ago
  I'd expect them to drive themselves most of the time, but not always. On some places you'd have to "switch to manual" and drive the car yourself to a place where the gps tells you that it's suitable to turn on automatic driving.

IanCal 13y ago

> I am extremely curious how far off the technology is to drive on less than predictable roads, such as narrow streets of London during rush hour I'd expect them to do better, for the most part. They're able to take in significantly more information than humans so rushed, cramped situations is where they should shine. One thing I think they'll do 'worse' than the drivers in London is driving straight at pedestrians who cross when they shouldn't. If it stops for anyone, everyone will cross. They need to angrily drive straight at people and honk their horn.