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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I'm trying to understand why a pooled vehicle - driver-less or not - would have have less safety features. Care to explain?
All things considered, safety features should be even higher in scope and thoroughness since part of the disruption is letting human beings trust the software in a car to successfully drive itself. You can bet your bottom dollar safety will be front and center on driver-less cars.
And who says driverless cars are going to show up at your door with no driving wheel? I know of no models that are close-to-market that don't have a human override. So for those who are freaking out, relax.
But if everyone has a driverless car, and there is an emergency in town, wouldn't you trust your car to organize itself with the other cars rather than try and override the system? The computer is probably going to find a better route that you, especially if the cognitive AI of the larger system is likely more intuitive than the human brain freaking out.
Nobody says it will be an easy transition, but carpooling or not - it's coming, and it will be a lifestyle choice as much as a pervasive technology in the not-too-distant future.
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If you eliminate 99% of car accidents do you need 13 airbags in a car? Do you need as strong of frame or as large of crumple zone. Safety will be paramount but the safety is created by the AI not by trying to make up for human failure. Combined with electric engines you might cut the weight of a car in half. Once the steering wheel is gone the design possibilities are endless.
I can ship myself in my bed car and be in Vegas tomorrow.
I am just disagreeing that car ownership will disappear.