The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers

Re:The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers by throwaway7767 on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @09:27AM (#10737877)

I hope you're right. I could see that happening in warmer climates. But what about when landmarks and points of reference are covered in snow? GPS is not accurate enough to be used as a sole reference, you need a visual/LIDAR reference to back it up.

The system will have to work in 100% of circumstances before laws will be changed to allow for driverless cars. I could see that happening in 20 years, but I really doubt it'll be on the streets in 5 years like Elon Musk and others have suggested.

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Re:The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers by pc86 on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @10:44AM (#10738380)

Construction alone is going to make it extremely difficult, unless there is a system such that the cars know where construction is taking place and actively avoid those routes, but that is not always known.

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