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"Tesla’s can drive themselves a large portion of the time. Etc. Concerns about tactile feedback and such don’t really matter if you don’t have to pay attention
by CelestialTeapot 7y ago
"Tesla’s can drive themselves a large portion of the time. Etc. Concerns about tactile feedback and such don’t really matter if you don’t have to pay attention to the road anymore. "
And Teslas ALMOST never kill their driver or innocent bystanders when the driver is negligently ignoring -- or bored and not paying attention to -- the road. There have been low speed accidents where the operator is tasked with taking over for the vehicle and they couldn't respond in time. Real life is neither a video game nor a perfect simulation. Limitations of the technology and the human operator as well as conditions of the road, lighting, and weather will always be a problem.
1. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/01/business/inside-tesla-accident.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/01/business/insi...
2. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/behind-the-uber-self-driving-car-crash-a-failure-to-communicate/561230/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/behind-the-ub...
- rco8786 7y agoI wasn't commenting on the current state of self-driving car's safety...we can debate that endlessly so I won't. But the direction we're currently heading in is pretty darn clear.
- CelestialTeapot 7y agoAlright, but that's not how I read your comment. Regardless, until we as a society are so confident in autonomous vehicles that we eliminate manual control systems as outmoded and unnecessary, those systems should be designed to minimize cognitive load on the operator of the vehicle.
- rco8786 7y agoI don't necessarily disagree...that's just not what's happening in the real world. Car manufacturers are moving forward, quickly, with self-driving tech.
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