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Re:Winner-take-all effects in autonomous cars by mypalmike on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:15PM (#15078253)
And this is one reason they will be better to rent than own. How many times have you had a perfectly drivable car with some failing sensor? In an autonomous vehicle, such sensor failures will essentially brick the vehicle until it's fixed.
Re:Winner-take-all effects in autonomous cars by icebraining on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @04:32AM (#15079639)
If the sensors are redundant enough, a failure or two shouldn't prevent the car from driving; it'll just drop you off and drive itself to the nearest repair place.
Re:Winner-take-all effects in autonomous cars by 6d6b73 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:37AM (#15080216)
Plus this will make these cars safer. There are thousands of people who drive cars that should not be on the roads.