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In reply to the discussion: Self Driving Cars Have A Higher Accident Rate [View all]WillowTree
(5,325 posts)13. Color me surprised.
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Shit, I avoided three accidents just driving over to pick someone up this morning.
NBachers
Nov 2015
#12
yes.I look at all cars positions and when I can, gain eyecontact with drivers, can a comp do that?
Demonaut
Nov 2015
#7
Nope, 10 years out these cars will save 1000s of lifes, humans are the issue. Nt
Logical
Nov 2015
#40
In the future, self-driving cars and smart guns will save tens of thousands of lives each year.
SecularMotion
Nov 2015
#52
People will adjust quickly once they start seeing them. I think a major issue now is rubber necking.
Logical
Nov 2015
#61
And if these cars would have had Humans they would have reacted and avoided the accidents
krawhitham
Nov 2015
#8
Depends how many friends the self-driving car has if it texts. Curiosity rover texts all the time
Katashi_itto
Nov 2015
#27
That's an easy one, program the cars to accelerate on yellow like real drivers do
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#30
Human drivers don't drive like the autonomous vehicles that obey all traffic rules
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#33
I have about 250k miles on motorcycles, quite a bit on bicycles and now have about 10k on an ebike
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#49
Looks to me that they're good at not hitting other people, but not so good at avoiding bad drivers.
RichVRichV
Nov 2015
#14
The human driver will be eliminated sooner than you think. Position yourself for that reality.
Darb
Nov 2015
#20
I'm going to make a guess here, the autonomous cars are obeying the rules of the road strictly
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#24
As my old drivers ed teacher said, it doesn't matter if you're doing everything right...
Lancero
Nov 2015
#48
Driving itself isn't particularly difficult under good conditions on a clear, traffic free road
Fumesucker
Nov 2015
#34