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Originally Posted by polak
These computers in cars will be exposed to a lot bumps and bruises though. Our roads are still pretty crappy even in the city, let alone rural gravel roads. That and they have to be affordable. I have my doubts that they'll be nearly as reliable as you think. Even if the computers are extremely reliable, there is no saying that the sensors it relies on will be. Hell, every car has a stupid sensor issue at least a handful of times in its life.
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If the only cars on the road are driverless, they will compensate for the one computer that may have a malfunction.
It's the same concept behind herd immunization.
Honestly, bumpy roads? Do you think Taber is more or less of a bumpy drive than this?:
