```When its perception module gets confused, an AV should slow down. But unexpected braking can cause problems of its own: confused AVs have in the past been rear-ended (by human drivers) after slowing suddenly. Hence the delegation of responsibility for braking to human safety drivers, who are there to catch the system when an accident seems imminent.```

in a news article detailing the event

i wont quote the event itself since it's circumstantial

but as of now self driving cars cannot accurately perceive everything

which means you are relying on humans

which means you are not going to remove human error, only exponentiate it

convenience breeds laziness which breeds negligence

if i was in a self driving car that had a human E-Brake system, and my car kills someone

who is at fault

the car for not recognizing the person

or me for not pulling the E-Brake

and fuck if i'm going to actually admit fault, i'm going to blame the car

and the manufacturer is going to blame me

and the person killed gets no justice

And if you enhance the perception module to a point where it can distinguish unknown and foreign objects then you are stepping into the realm of AI which is another fun bag of problems

Yes there are unresolved issues with self driving cars. I’m still not sure how rural driving will work. What if someone lives off a dirt road that isn’t mapped? How would that be integrated into the system? What about roads that change? How will the cars internal mapping system be updated?

Same with construction as well

The cars will respond real time to obstacles around them. It’s just mapping may have issues.

Uh no

There are times google is wrong.

Construction people have stuff set up well in advance to get people out of a lane before it becomes a problem

automated cars should get out of a lane the moment google maps says there is construction

therefore it doesn't immediately stop but can safely merge

I don't like it

simply for the fact that again

convenience breeds laziness and laziness breeds negligence

Automated cars don't drink, do drugs, play on cell phones, etc., they only drive , they will be able to communicate with each other as well. I don't know if they can solve most of the problems anytime soon, but I don't think all these huge companies would be pouring so much money into it, if they didn't think they could get to market.

I get the jitters everytime i'm not driving, so does my mom

The system can only improve. I do agree that it will make people more reliant on technology.

where does it stop eh?

wall-E?

i know i'm being a bit of a negative nelly here

Who knows.

but i'm honestly getting a bit tired of people trying to step towards pure automation

automated cars, yay

now buss drivers are out of business

and truck drivers

I think they will be rolling them out for general use in the next few years.

Did anyone just get a presidential alert on their phone?

how long until they automate forklights and otherwarehouse things

yes