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Re:UX Issues That Will Make Or Break Self-Driving Cars by userbinator on Saturday March 19, 2016 @10:27PM (#11321501)
I think you will see pilotless planes long before completely driverless cars gain any popularity, because of the problem of human-automation handoff latency.

In planes, when the autopilot disconnects because of some problem there's usually plenty of warning (including a sound like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XxEFFX586k ) and the pilot(s) have some time, seconds or more, to assess the situation and take control. Despite how fast planes fly, the rules of separation and general vastness of airspace make it much easier to smoothly transition control. It may not sound like much time, but consider that in a self-driving car, the latency required to avoid a collision could be in the range of milliseconds. By the time the driver realises (s)he has to take control, it's too late.

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Re:UX Issues That Will Make Or Break Self-Driving Cars by staircasebug on Sunday March 20, 2016 @02:58AM (#11322085)
Agreed on the latency with the driver.

Let's also think about the diminishing skills that we'll experience once automation takes over the majority of our driving. Imagine taking 3-4 weeks off from driving and then being asked to take the wheel under a difficult circumstance.

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Re:UX Issues That Will Make Or Break Self-Driving Cars by CPLX on Sunday March 20, 2016 @07:32AM (#11322556)
> Imagine taking 3-4 weeks off from driving and then being asked to take the wheel under a difficult circumstance.

This is also called "living in New York"

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Re:UX Issues That Will Make Or Break Self-Driving Cars by greggarious on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:16AM (#11323237)
You already basically have them. The pilot mostly just gets involved in emergencies at this point. I'd assume we may see something similar with large buses soon... large bus with an operator paid more to keep attention than "drive", taking passengers on longish routes (Ex: LA to SF), with local metro rail handling second leg, and automated small passenger cars and/or walking closing last gap.
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Re:UX Issues That Will Make Or Break Self-Driving Cars by golemotron on Sunday March 20, 2016 @10:33AM (#11323051)
I agree. The only way around this is dedicated lanes and areas for driverless cars. The biggest problem driverless cars have is other human drivers.
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