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On another forum where I am probably the only member who knows much about the systems contained in a self driving car there are a few people adamant about how wonderful they are and have no understanding of the possible problems no matter how they are explained to them. So I would like to ask a group of people who understand the possible disasters that lurk when components in motion control systems fail.
I am asking you consider your opinion reflecting the current state of our infrastructure and not a road system 20 years in the future designed around autonomous vehicles. My opinion is they are a bad idea, they finally killed someone, while the car would not be judged at fault a human driver probably would have avoided hitting the pedestrian, the autonomous car neither braked or swerved. They have a record of being involved in an accident every 50,000 miles, rarely judged at fault but these were accidents a human driver probably avoids. They are almost exclusively tested in California where conditions are mild compared to other states.
As all of us in here know this fleet of prototypes being tested are getting top notch care that the average autonomous car won't get if they become common place and mass produced. Also what will happen when they start to age? They have an accident every 50,000 miles when they are brand new and probably maintained by engineers and top level mechanics. What will happen when driven by Joe Six Pack who waits till his brakes make grinding noises and takes the car to Jiffy Lube?
I am asking you consider your opinion reflecting the current state of our infrastructure and not a road system 20 years in the future designed around autonomous vehicles. My opinion is they are a bad idea, they finally killed someone, while the car would not be judged at fault a human driver probably would have avoided hitting the pedestrian, the autonomous car neither braked or swerved. They have a record of being involved in an accident every 50,000 miles, rarely judged at fault but these were accidents a human driver probably avoids. They are almost exclusively tested in California where conditions are mild compared to other states.
As all of us in here know this fleet of prototypes being tested are getting top notch care that the average autonomous car won't get if they become common place and mass produced. Also what will happen when they start to age? They have an accident every 50,000 miles when they are brand new and probably maintained by engineers and top level mechanics. What will happen when driven by Joe Six Pack who waits till his brakes make grinding noises and takes the car to Jiffy Lube?