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ohnoyoudidnt

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18. I wouldn't so quickly dismiss the possibility.

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #17)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:48 AM

Mar 2016

The hand signals of traffic officers are pretty clear to me. Waving forward to move, or a palm forward to stop are pretty simple signals that a computer should be able to read. There are clearly some obstacles to overcome. It will take time and there will be more accidents and maybe fatalities before the technology is almost prefect, but I think self-driving cars are the future.

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Google’s bus crash is changing the conversation around self-driving cars [View all] bananas Mar 2016 OP

Wow -- a minor fender-bender causes this overreaction nichomachus Mar 2016 #1

It's not an overreaction, it's reality catching up to the hype. nt bananas Mar 2016 #2

Still far far far fewer at fault accidents per mile than human drivers whatthehey Mar 2016 #22

The last analysis I saw showed that they were involved in accidents at a higher rate. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #27

Prediction: sofa king Mar 2016 #4

From my understanding... davidthegnome Mar 2016 #3

Facts will never overcome the pearl clutching nt nichomachus Mar 2016 #6

No, the statistics show they are more prone to accidents than humans. bananas Mar 2016 #9

My mistake, I think. davidthegnome Mar 2016 #12

What data so you have that shows them AT FAULT more than human drivers? whatthehey Mar 2016 #23

None. davidthegnome Mar 2016 #24

These vehicles do nothing to bring life back to a human scale. HuckleB Mar 2016 #5

Not sure if I accurately understand your point. davidthegnome Mar 2016 #13

If we chose to create lives that need lengthy daily commutes... HuckleB Mar 2016 #16

People aremoving to huge metro centers because that's hedgehog Mar 2016 #21

That's a smart growth and transit-oriented-development issue...not a personal-automotive one Chan790 Mar 2016 #25

Another of Google's noble and useful contributions chapdrum Mar 2016 #7

And how is this surprising? DCBob Mar 2016 #8

Autonomous vehicles will be available sooner, rather than later. Paladin Mar 2016 #10

Engineering hype houston16revival Mar 2016 #11

Your digital watch has more computing power than the Apollo computer. rickford66 Mar 2016 #14

Uhm, that came true, several times since then... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #15

Also, Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Chan790 Mar 2016 #26

So many possibilities, thinking about making my nephew a retrogame console... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #28

Subtle sarcasm? PersonNumber503602 Mar 2016 #19

Anyone who thinks that their 11-year old son will not need to get a drivers license is delusional. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #17

I wouldn't so quickly dismiss the possibility. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #18

I tested a Tesla with autopilot last week 47of74 Mar 2016 #20

St. Louis sucks at marking lanes, period, hell when it rains or snows, everyone... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #29