Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from Alphabet’s X

Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by nojvek on Monday December 12, 2016 @10:36AM (#13158747)

I wouldn't call myself a truck driver but I drive enough on highways to feel the problem.

Highway driving takes its toll on the driver. You're usually on a single lane, maintain distance from car before and follow speed limit.

Just lane following and adaptive cruise control and make this journey a lot less tiring.

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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by ghaff on Monday December 12, 2016 @10:41AM (#13158794)

Absolutely. A lot of people are fixated on the (IMO many decades out) "Johnny Cab" whereas there are potentially significant safety and driving comfort gains just from autonomy with, say, a 1 minute handoff time for limited access highway driving. And that seems much more achievable over the next decade or so.

(And even the sort of features you can buy today in luxury cars are pretty nice from what I see.)

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