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Even if they do cause rare accidents they ll be successful. I think in the end humans will adjust to drive more rationally when they learn how to spot autonomou

by return0 11y ago

Even if they do cause rare accidents they ll be successful. I think in the end humans will adjust to drive more rationally when they learn how to spot autonomous cars.

fizzbatter 11y ago
Tbh, i think it will result in more frustration by drivers at large. Eg, think of on the freeway, note the people who drive the actual speed limit. They're driving perfectly, yet people constantly pass them. It's worse on county roads (like in my local area, 50mph) without passing lanes. If you drive the speed limit you can almost guarantee to be passed by many cars, sometimes even dangerously, because it annoys people to go below the speed limit they perceive as correct. I like to go around the speed limit (admittedly, simply to avoid tickets), usually ~3mph over, but it will annoy me to no end if i have to drive 5mph slower because of someone in front of me. On these popular county roads i speak of, i usually go faster than i want (5-10mph over), because i don't like being dangerously and needlessly passed. Now, i'm not saying the self-driving cars are wrong in any way. I'm also aware that the roads i speak of will be among the last to get self driving cars. Nevertheless, i think humans will have to learn to drive far less aggressively. Though, when self-driving outnumber the normal drivers, it may not matter.
- singsing 11y ago
  one day manual driving on public roads will be outlawed, as is smoking in public spaces :)
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    I wouldn't go so far as that. I liken it more to air travel. You'll be permitted to drive a car, but you'll require far more instruction, the environment will be much more closely monitored, and it'll be much easier to remove someone's privileges for safety infractions.
- Raphmedia 11y ago
  Google's driverless cars designed to exceed speed limit [http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28851996 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28851996]
higherpurpose 11y ago
I think by far the biggest danger with self-driving cars won't be how "accurate" they are at driving - I'm sure they'll be much better at that - but hacking. We'll enter an age you could view someone's location in real-time (GPS) and then be able to kill them with potentially relatively low ties back to yourself. Granted, Google's security is about as good as it gets for most stuff, but what about companies like Audi, BMW [1], Daimler, Ford...Toyota [2]? Many people will still buy cars from them well into the future. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8984129 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8984129 [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643204

by return0 11y ago

Even if they do cause rare accidents they ll be successful. I think in the end humans will adjust to drive more rationally when they learn how to spot autonomous cars.

fizzbatter 11y ago

Tbh, i think it will result in more frustration by drivers at large. Eg, think of on the freeway, note the people who drive the actual speed limit. They're driving perfectly, yet people constantly pass them. It's worse on county roads (like in my local area, 50mph) without passing lanes. If you drive the speed limit you can almost guarantee to be passed by many cars, sometimes even dangerously, because it annoys people to go below the speed limit they perceive as correct. I like to go around the speed limit (admittedly, simply to avoid tickets), usually ~3mph over, but it will annoy me to no end if i have to drive 5mph slower because of someone in front of me. On these popular county roads i speak of, i usually go faster than i want (5-10mph over), because i don't like being dangerously and needlessly passed. Now, i'm not saying the self-driving cars are wrong in any way. I'm also aware that the roads i speak of will be among the last to get self driving cars. Nevertheless, i think humans will have to learn to drive far less aggressively. Though, when self-driving outnumber the normal drivers, it may not matter.

singsing 11y ago
one day manual driving on public roads will be outlawed, as is smoking in public spaces :)
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  I wouldn't go so far as that. I liken it more to air travel. You'll be permitted to drive a car, but you'll require far more instruction, the environment will be much more closely monitored, and it'll be much easier to remove someone's privileges for safety infractions.
Raphmedia 11y ago
Google's driverless cars designed to exceed speed limit [http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28851996 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28851996]

higherpurpose 11y ago

I think by far the biggest danger with self-driving cars won't be how "accurate" they are at driving - I'm sure they'll be much better at that - but hacking. We'll enter an age you could view someone's location in real-time (GPS) and then be able to kill them with potentially relatively low ties back to yourself. Granted, Google's security is about as good as it gets for most stuff, but what about companies like Audi, BMW [1], Daimler, Ford...Toyota [2]? Many people will still buy cars from them well into the future. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8984129 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8984129 [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643204