Re:Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars
by celticninja on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @07:17AM
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Self driving cars are designed for well maintained first world situations where the rule of law is followed (or at least the driving regulations are). Sure in India or Thailand where it is a free for all and the infrastructure is poorly maintained they will not be suitable but in these countries the death toll on the roads is also ridiculous. In the USA, Canada and Eurioe, the largest markets for these vehicles (at present) the cars work fine and will ultimately reduce the number of deaths on the roads. Eventually other nations will catch up and self driving or at least assisted driving will be much better for everyone.
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Re:Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars
by wrsh07 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:29AM
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Self driving cars are designed to learn.
People are way overestimating how much time it's going to take to retrain them for cities in new locales.
Will they sell in India to start? No, of course not. Most tech in the US takes a few years to launch internationally. But I think it will transfer much faster (5 years for internationalization) than the doom and gloom prophets on here say.