Google wants driverless cars, but do we?

Re:Google wants driverless cars, but do we? by kjbflsudfb on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:57PM (#13213942)

Not defending the argument, but I suspect the author was referring to the reduction in safety equipment installed on autonomous vehicles leading to more grisly accidents.

From the article: "One of the claims made for autonomous cars is that they can be lighter, shedding heavy metal crash cells and expensive safety gear, like airbags, saving fuel."

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Re:Google wants driverless cars, but do we? by sqeaky on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:03PM (#13214002)

I would hope we wouldn't do that until they have demonstrated years of safety.

We would also need to get most of the humans off the road. No amount of self-driving AI can dodge a human with intent (or stupidity), a similar performing vehicle and a headstart.

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Re:Google wants driverless cars, but do we? by kjbflsudfb on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:26PM (#13214718)

I agree. Additionally I cannot find any reference to the author's statement about autonomous vehicles without airbags, etc.

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Re:Google wants driverless cars, but do we? by puzzle on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:08PM (#13214043)

I thought Google wanted to use redundant engines, like in planes...

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