Autonomous Driverless cars

[Jaydee]

The other day my 5 year old son was asking me if I'm going to teach him to drive. I said by the time your 16 you won't need to learn. It will drive itself. So I though, will the driving age be lowered. Like I'll strap my 5 year old in the seat and tell the car to take him to school by himself. That doesn't sound so bad? When a drink driver gets caught several times, he is forced to fit a breathalyzer to his car. I reckon if someone gets to many traffic violations, they should be forced to drive a autonomous car. Eventually we will become used to trusting this technology. For years we have trusted our lives on a tiny bit of rubber in the master cylinder. I just can't see how a autonomous car will recognize dirt roads, a bit of loose gravel on a hard surface on a corner, etc.
Subarus already have a system to stop little old dears from putting it in the wrong gear and running into buildings or missing the brake pedal. or panicking.
JD

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by Jaydee

....For years we have trusted our lives on a tiny bit of rubber in the master cylinder....

Rubber has a degree of memory, but it doesn't have any intelligence....

Looking forward a few years, got to admit that the antics of autonomously controlled cars jostling for parking spaces at school pickup time could be entertaining

Cheers,
Glen

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by xb-60

Rubber has a degree of memory, but it doesn't have any intelligence....

Looking forward a few years, got to admit that the antics of autonomously controlled cars jostling for parking spaces at school pickup time could be entertaining

Cheers,
Glen

Haha. You are a very funny man.