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Originally Posted by greyshep
Neat idea, but so many questions...
-How does the self driven car react to accidents? They will still happen, unpredictable wildlife on roads, cyclists, pedestrians....
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Far, far better than humans.
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-How will self driven cars react to ice and snow on roads?
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Once the algorithms are figured out, much better than humans
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-How will insurance companies handle claims?
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This will be interesting. I think the manufacturer takes this one as the driver has no liability. The "insurance" could be built into the price or done sort of fee. It'd be far lower than current insurance rates though for sure.
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-How much faith can we place in cars driven by electronic operating systems that arent 100% foolproof, or am I the only one that has to reboot my computers and phones when they are glitching?
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The ones already available are less error prone than humans. This isn't computer error vs perfect safety, it's computer error vs human error. Event at this infant state of the technology, human error>>>>>>computer error. That saves lives.
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I am sure there are numerous other issues that would need to be ironed out as well.
I love the technological advancements but I think we are still a ways off from seeing this on the mass market.
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A lot closer than you think. I bet we see some form of "assisted driving" cars within 5 years and autonomous within 10. There's quite a few articles about what the major manufacturers are up to. I'll see if I can find some
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This is new since last time