Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by taneq on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:32PM
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The number of times that "you can't stop / brake / slow because someone behind you will run into you" comes up in these threads is always alarmingly high.
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by thaw13579 on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @11:30PM
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Indeed, it reminds of this article, which thankfully didn't end up killing anyone:
https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-hig...
Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by taneq on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @04:13AM
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> Miller and Valasek’s full arsenal includes functions that at lower speeds fully kill the engine, abruptly engage the brakes, or disable them altogether.
Are there seriously cars on the road with complete fly-by-wire brakes which have no pure mechanical backup? That's horrifying. How did we go from dual redundant hydraulic systems that work (if in a reduced capacity) even when the ignition is off, to something at the mercy of some code that can be bamboozled over 3G?