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alarimer

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39. The biggest problem with self-driving cars is other drivers.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 01:36 PM

Jul 2015

People can be expected to be dumbasses behind the wheel.

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Google self-driving car involved in first injury accident [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2015 OP

Keep improving yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #1

This could also eliminate drunk drivers. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2015 #7

Great point! yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #8

Drivers falling asleep, texting drivers, etc, A Simple Game Jul 2015 #9

It doesn't work in snow which obscures the road surface PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #10

We need to heat the roads to melt the snow!! MADem Jul 2015 #35

perfect for shanti Jul 2015 #41

Yes, Google car should notice it is about to be rear-ended and JUMP! snooper2 Jul 2015 #23

I had a friend who had been a city bus driver. He was stopped at a bus stop discharging passengers PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #2

So the Google car was not at fault Duckhunter935 Jul 2015 #3

Yep. When you're stopped in traffic, there's nothing you can do to stop one of these accidents. backscatter712 Jul 2015 #6

Being rear ended... gcomeau Jul 2015 #4

The headline is overly sensationalized. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #5

Stay off the raod ... aggiesal Jul 2015 #11

Tens of thousands of people die on the road every year, most through human error. Humanist_Activist Jul 2015 #12

Every single accident involving a Google car has been a human driver plowing into it Recursion Jul 2015 #13

Totally agree - you should stay off the road. Nihil Jul 2015 #15

Wow, way to make it personal ... aggiesal Jul 2015 #19

In this instance automation can only Codeine Jul 2015 #20

We've ALL seen what this automation can do - not a single at fault accident in lifetimes of miles whatthehey Jul 2015 #33

I didn't comment on either your ethics or your driving record so calm down. Nihil Jul 2015 #45

I only read the headline... snooper2 Jul 2015 #24

Typical caveman approach. Darb Jul 2015 #25

Wow, now I'm a caveman ... aggiesal Jul 2015 #29

I agree with d_r Jul 2015 #31

The Google car wasn't at fault. Hosnon Jul 2015 #36

Errrr it was rear-ended while stopped Reter Jul 2015 #42

33,000 Americans are killed by human drivers annually Recursion Jul 2015 #14

It's a Lexus SUV... Hepburn Jul 2015 #16

But it did not hit anything Duckhunter935 Jul 2015 #17

It was rear-ended. Reading the article has its advantages. Darb Jul 2015 #26

It didn't hit anything. Hosnon Jul 2015 #38

It got rear-ended. Who gives a shit? Codeine Jul 2015 #18

Yeah, it does happen way too often. flamin lib Jul 2015 #21

Self driving cars are inevitable because of texting Yavin4 Jul 2015 #22

The advantages to driverless cars are so numerous, their takeover is inevitable. Darb Jul 2015 #27

but Google makes life sooooooooo convenient olddots Jul 2015 #28

between my wife and I d_r Jul 2015 #30

The fact the Google car's never at fault -- but involved in so many accidents --- mainer Jul 2015 #32

I still like the odds. I hope they fire this sum-n-such up before I get too old! MADem Jul 2015 #34

Misleading title. The wreck was caused by another vehicle. Hosnon Jul 2015 #37

The biggest problem with self-driving cars is other drivers. alarimer Jul 2015 #39

As they say, we're probably already in the Matrix The2ndWheel Jul 2015 #40

Why does a Lexus look so dumpy? Kurovski Jul 2015 #43

since we aren't allowed to have decent mass transit, this is second best yurbud Jul 2015 #44