Self-driving Cars (and Trucks)

[smstonypoint]

Two interesting articles:

1. a listing of the different players in the future self-driving car market -- A list of all the companies making self-driving cars, and when they're hitting streets | Circa News - Learn. Think. Do., and
2. coverage of Uber's development of self-driving commercial trucks -- Otto: Inside Uber's New Self-Driving Truck Division.

Steve

 

[rekees4300]

Nope not in my future. Computers haven't reached the point of being that reliable. One thing to get the blue-screen-of-death and quite another to collide with a semi and actually be dead!

 

[roadhunter]

It might be better than letting some of these idiots drive while texting.

 

[Travelover]

If this self driving car thing works out, maybe we could eventually have planes that take off, fly and land by themselves.

 

[smstonypoint]

At age 69, I am developing a nagging concern about the quality of my life if I live so long that I won't be able to drive any longer. I'm hoping that self-driving cars will become a reality.

Steve

 

[4570Man]

The electronics are a nightmare in older vehicles to keep going. What happens when they screw up?

 

[dickfoster]

If this self driving car thing works out, may be could eventually have planes that take off, fly and land by themselves.

I think the plane would likely be a lot easier to do than the car.

 

[dickfoster]

It might be better than letting some of these idiots drive while texting.

Then there are the idiots putting on makeup, shaving, reading, shoving a burger into their face and doing all sorts of other crap that they aren't supposed to be doing instead of driving.

 

[Travelover]

I think if we had self driving cars initially and we proposed letting every idiot drive will-nilly anywhere at any speed people would think it a crazy idea.

 

[cqaigy2]

I think if we had self driving cars initially and we proposed letting every idiot drive will-nilly anywhere at any speed people would think it a crazy idea.

ima thinking it was the car that was driving. though i suppose if you programmed it to drive willy-nilly at any speed.