QUESTION, WOULD you ride in a driverless car??

[YoshidaYui]

Last edited Sun Jul 16, 2023, 03:49 PM - Edit history (1)

these are all over SAN FRANCISO Now....

48 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	yes I WOULD
	5 (10%)
	no I WOULD NOT
	40 (83%)
	i don't know - i would need more research
	3 (6%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[JuJuChen]

1. Hard pass, I can just taste the fear of sitting in the back of that thing

[YoshidaYui]

2. I Have heard the firetrucks and ambulances hate these things

instead of pulling over they stop dead in the middle of the street ,.. wtf?

[musette_sf]

3. I proudly display this bumper sticker

Join us:
http://humandriving.org/

On edit: I see the self-drivers every now and then on 280; I give them a wide berth and pass ASAP.

[lostnfound]

4. It depends. A shuttle type car on a prescribed route like Disney?

Sure

[Silent3]

5. Yes, but not frequently

For all of the problems we know these systems have, and even knowing that some dangerous failures have been suppressed or falsely attributed to human driver failure, the safety level must already be fairly reasonable or a whole lot more horror stories would be coming to light.

I'd guess that the safety level of these systems isn't better than humans yet (which should be the goal), but that it's not far worse.

[Iggo]

6. Not if I could help it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. Absolutely not.

I prefer to be in charge of my own destiny when on the road.

[uponit7771]

8. Not enough corps wanting to guarantee upfront driver level safety

[dembotoz]

9. have you seen my kid drive? same thing

[Sympthsical]

10. But it can drive down Geary into the setting sun

Which is something I loathe doing. (Although that looks like Clement St. in the beginning)

[Midnight Writer]

11. I don't even like to ride in a car with a driver.

If this technology takes hold and is perfected, with a long record of reliability and safety, substantiated by voluminous real-world data, then I would ride in a driverless car.

I am sure this day will come, but in the meantime, I'll get along without it.

[stopdiggin]

12. woud you climb into a yellow cab in New York

or Philly? (or the 65 yr old Uber driver - with zero experience and an iPhone taped to the dashboard?)

[marble falls]

13. But, no.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Not Yet

I need to see a long record of success with a high fraction of all the vehicles being driverless.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Not yet...

But then I never upgrade my software on versions just out of beta, either.

In a few years? Probably, but I need to see a few million more miles of safe usage.

[mike_c]

16. yes I would and likely will when self driving vehicles accumulate...

...sufficient hours of safe operation in actual, working deployment. They might already have, for all I know. It's like flying. Would you strap yourself into a thin cylinder that cruises at 30,000 feet with no visible means of holding it up? Millions do, because on balance flight has proven safe. Not 100% safe, but safe enough to make the odds favorable.

I think self driving cars will achieve similar favorable odds in time, and when I think they're safe enough I'm sure I'll enjoy riding in them.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. You're comparing apples and frying bacon grease.

[kimbutgar]

17. When I see them in the city I drive far away from them !

I saw a video where people have been putting orange cones on the hoods and it disables them.

[YoshidaYui]

18. right??

[SYFROYH]

19. For some things, I don't want to be first.

Driverless cars are one of those things.

[area51]

21. Nope. n/t

[YoshidaYui]

22. Waymo Self Driving Taxi Goes Rogue: Blocks Traffic, Evades Capture JJRicks Rides With Waymo #54

[KentuckyWoman]

23. Maybe.

When I have to stop driving, driverless would be better than stuck at home.

[Arazi]

24. Yes but probably only in low speed environments

That way I’ll more likely survive in a crash.

No way would I get in one on a highway going 70 mph

[DiverDave]

25. Nope

Nope

[Raine]

26. NO way. nt

[IzzaNuDay]

27. Not if I could help it.

NTSB and the automotive safety associations will have to bend over backwards to prove this is 99.999999999% safe for me to trust it