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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Adaptive cruise systems are already amazing at reducing the soul sucking commutes.
If you’re in gridlock, you set your distance between vehicles to the minimal setting, the speed to 80k or whatever, and your car can creep along until it has to stop.
When you need to move forward, you give it one tap of gas, and you’re on your way again.
It’s awesome.
People should use these systems in these situations. They don’t.
I do, because I understand how these systems work and I’ve experienced enough of them to trust them. I’m the tiniest of minorities.
People really are putting their lives in the hands of these systems - there is a very real aversion to putting your life in the hands of someone or something else.
Do you see the governments of the world allowing driverless vehicles to roam their streets en masse? Because I don’t. They’ll legislate someone has to be behind the wheel at all times. Strictly for liability purposes - the manufacturers aren’t going to be assuming responsibility every time one of their self driving cars kills somebody.
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You realize that there are millions upon millions of miles logged by completely self-driving cars without incident? You make it seem like the technology is something new that hasn't been tested to the point where a lot of jurisdictions are approving it.
It has also been proven that this 'computer' is far safer than your average humans, and that vehicle fatalities can be reduced significantly by introducing self-driving features.
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American roads are deadly. In 2016, 37,461 people died in traffic accidents in the US, a 5.6 percent increase over 2015, according to the US Department of Transportation (DoT). This is down from 1970, when around 60,000 people died in traffic accidents in the US. The addition of safety features such as seat belts and air bags have reduced the number of deaths, and new technology from autonomous vehicles could help even more as driver error is eliminated.
DoT researchers estimate that fully autonomous vehicles, also known as self-driving cars, could reduce traffic fatalities by up to 94 percent by eliminating those accidents that are due to human error. Using 2016 numbers as a baseline, and multiplying 37,461 by 10, this means that there could be 374,610 deaths in a 10-year span, and 94 percent of these -- or 352,133 -- could possibly be prevented through fully autonomous cars by eliminating driver error.
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-au...ons-worldwide/
This is why it doesn't mater what your 'opinion' on the matter is, or whether you 'think' customers won't be open to these features, or whether you think its cool or dumb. At the end of the day self-driving systems from a variety of manufacturers (not just Tesla since you think they are a joke) have been providing for years that by adopting self-driving features, and constantly improving the AI and software they can reduce fatalities, and increase overall vehicle safety on the road.
I don't know about you, but to me that is a big positive and not just some 'dumb' idea that customers won't ever trust.