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Originally Posted by Wormius
Not quicker, but able to ascertain some risks. A system that prevents you from changing lanes when a car is in your blind spot is great, but I don't see how a fully autonomous system will be able to react (not only speed based) when 3 or 4 different things are going on. For example, a pedestrian jaywalks, some cars stop, some don't, you're either going to get rear-ended if you stop, and then the physics just of the environment and the ability of your car to react as expected.
I am saying that this is great to augment the driver experience, but the driver will still need to be fully alert. There will probably be no opporunity to sit back and take a nap or play Angry Birds while your car is driving. Like I said, even the C-train, that is on a track and limited in its route still needs a conductor.
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I'm not sure what to tell you other than, you will soon?
Of course, anyone can come up with perfect storm situations in which accidents are unavoidable no matter what is driving your car. But the entire purpose of this technology is to analyze multiple things that are going on and react at speeds that would be untouchable by humans.
C trains are a weird comparison here as that don't run on the same tech, but yes, within 10-12 years, you will be a complete passenger in a car driving itself, being able to read, play video games, do work, or whatever. You will look out the window and see cars driving with no one in them, and you will be at ease knowing that this is the safest you've ever been inside of a car by a considerable margin.