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Originally Posted by Jacks
Apparently with its system of laser and radar it can detect a potential collision faster than a human can react. I'm guessing that it might have problem with winter driving, that might be why they are starting out in Nevada where the weather is pretty predictable.
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If you take out the delay of human reaction, it could definitely help reduce collisions. Instead of having about a second between reaction and actually pressing the brake, you're looking at microseconds. A second quicker response could save you about 14 meters of stopping distance if you're travelling at 50 km/h.
I just think there are too many variables in programming something like this to be completely self-automated. I think somewhere in between completely manual and completely automated is possible but I have trouble believing it would be safe for a legally blind person (as per the video in the OP) to be able to jump in the car every morning and let it do everything. Maybe it would be fine 99.9% of the time, but that 0.1% of the time might not end so pleasantly.
Here's an example of the 0.1%:
