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In reply to the discussion: Self Driving Cars Have A Higher Accident Rate [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)50. A really good human driver, a true expert? No the cars aren't that good yet
The average run of the mill human driver on the other hand isn't that hard to beat. I had to ride with someone this morning who puts me on edge as passenger because they the make me want to start singing the Doors' Roadhouse Blues, keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.
Different people have different levels of natural competence at different things, I never could hit a 90mph fastball other than by sheer chance no matter how long I tried, my eye hand coordination isn't tuned that way. It's the same way with driving, some people will never get it and some will be naturals.
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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