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spinbaby

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1. NOVA did a great show on self-driving cars

Reply to FrodosNewPet (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 09:14 AM

Oct 2019

It was on a couple of weeks ago and well worth watching if you can find it. Two points they made that I found significant were:

1. Human drivers are unpredictable.

2. Human brains are wired to not pay attention if the technology seems to be taking over competently. This makes human monitoring of cars that mostly drive themselves problematic.

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Driverless cars are stuck in a jam [View all] FrodosNewPet Oct 2019 OP

NOVA did a great show on self-driving cars spinbaby Oct 2019 #1

Driver assist systems should enhance driver awareness FrodosNewPet Oct 2019 #5

That would be ideal, yes spinbaby Oct 2019 #8

We dont need computer driven vehicles. honest.abe Oct 2019 #2

Thankfully, no one is arguing driverless cars are the one and only one answer LanternWaste Oct 2019 #3

The 2020 KIA Souls in several trims now offer Lane Keeping Assist MineralMan Oct 2019 #4

I wouldn't use a KIA as the standard. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #7

My point is only that people are reporting flaws in such features. MineralMan Oct 2019 #9

You history as a driver is impressive. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #10

What year and model VW do you own? MineralMan Oct 2019 #12

I did some searching regarding VW's implementation of those features. MineralMan Oct 2019 #17

It's something I fully support and believe it is going to be great for society. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #6

The human driver... tonedevil Oct 2019 #11

I agree! Plane crashes were common early, now really safe. Nt USALiberal Oct 2019 #13

Someday it will be better than us FrodosNewPet Oct 2019 #14

I'm inclined to agree... tonedevil Oct 2019 #16

subways Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #15