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19. I am okay with self driving cars

Thu Mar 22, 2018, 02:37 PM

Mar 2018

as soon as the manufacturers take full monetary responsibility for every accident that a self driving car is in because of a problem with the hardware or software the car has.

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Arizona police release video of fatal collision with Uber self-driving SUV [View all] FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 OP

Police have released the first video from inside the Uber self-driving car that killed a pedestrian FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #1

Driving at 35mph it would take 66 feet Eko Mar 2018 #2

I think an ATTENTIVE human driver would have seen her sooner FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #3

I am by no means someone who is against the idea of self-driving cars xor Mar 2018 #7

Uber Tempe Video Shows A Crash That Self-Driving Cars Should Be Able To Avoid -- Time For Regulation FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #4

Dark clothes on a dark unlit street: robbob Mar 2018 #13

Should human drivers be able to avoid this as well? LanternWaste Mar 2018 #15

It doesn't appear the car reacted at all. xor Mar 2018 #17

Someone posted a link to the video Dave was talking about: joshcryer Mar 2018 #23

The LiDAR should have been able to see her from at least 200-250 feet away FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #25

To answer your question: YES! A reasonable human driver would have had several seconds to react FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #34

Self driving vehicles....damn, I'm glad my time on earth is about over. Hulk Mar 2018 #5

We're all just human guinea pigs for corporate America's harebrain ideas gyroscope Mar 2018 #6

This is a bit melodramatic, no? ExciteBike66 Mar 2018 #9

And that's relevant...how? Hulk Mar 2018 #20

One person dies and you make it seem like these AVs are ExciteBike66 Mar 2018 #22

Couldn't agree more! joshdawg Mar 2018 #11

I've little doubt the same sentiments were expressed during the 19th century LanternWaste Mar 2018 #14

Another empty analogy. Hulk Mar 2018 #21

I have yet to see one of these drive a snow covered rural road. NutmegYankee Mar 2018 #8

When granny can't distinguish pedestrians from shrubs bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #10

Of all the world's problems, why are they investing in this needless technology? rgbecker Mar 2018 #12

Fatal flaw in the design - thinking humans behind the wheel are going to remain attentive - theres Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2018 #16

I think the ultimate goal is that the human inside the car doesn't have to pay attention xor Mar 2018 #18

I am okay with self driving cars Cold War Spook Mar 2018 #19

The big hurdle will be for the machine to account for unadulterated human stupidity inwiththenew Mar 2018 #24

People do that all the time, especially in states/cities where pedestrians have been programmed... brush Mar 2018 #27

There is an odd dark shadow covering the person prior to coming into view. honest.abe Mar 2018 #26

Are you speculating in the voice of the car or of a human driver? A car with sensors alleged to do.. brush Mar 2018 #28

Im speculating Uber doctored the video to cover their asses... honest.abe Mar 2018 #29

Sensors should've picked up the person anyway. At night those cars don't rely only on cameras. brush Mar 2018 #30

So it seems the sensors were not working correctly either. honest.abe Mar 2018 #31

That's a function of something called "Dynamic Range" FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #33

Experts: Uber self-driving system should have spotted woman FrodosNewPet Mar 2018 #32