Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars

Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by beachstartup on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:46PM (#13367649)

yeah, just tell the autonomous 4000 pound missile that stopping is a low priority.

i fear much of the enthusiasm behind self-driving cars is from people who understand neither driving, nor computer software, very well.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by wolfram74 on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:53PM (#13367722)

That feels like you're intentionally misinterpreting the suggestion. The implied solution is that a car would preferentially stop off to the side of the road, rather than the middle.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by galdosdi on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:59PM (#13368387)

If there _is_ a valid and safe "side of the road"

There are places where it takes some skill just to comply with an officer's request for you to pull over. Not everywhere is a bunch of standardized interstates.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by coldtea on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @04:25PM (#13369174)

That's what we are saying.

Have the car GO and find a suitable area. Driving for a few more km perhaps slower and with the alarm lights flashing to find a spot to stop, will surely be safer than stopping right then and there just because you can't find a convenient place to pull out.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by coldtea on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @04:23PM (#13369142)

>yeah, just tell the autonomous 4000 pound missile that stopping is a low priority.

Lower priority than stopping then and there in the middle of the road/interstate (as suggested by parent) as opposed to a service/rest-area/shoulder/side of the road/etc...

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