Re:An ex-trucker has some questions about the Tesla Semi
by krylon on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:47AM
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Interesting thought.
To be honest, once autonomous driving systems become so good they are provably and reliably better than humans, insurance companies will probably charge a premium for the privilege of driving your car yourself.
I am just not sure when autopilots will become that good. OTOH, I did not expect to see self-driving cars arrive during my lifetime, and now it looks very strongly like I will. ;-)
> Now, I have no clue on how to get politicians to understand science.
Given the kind of political influence car manufactures have (at least here in Germany), I think that will not be too much of a problem once the demand is there.
To be honest, once autonomous driving systems become so good they are provably and reliably better than humans, insurance companies will probably charge a premium for the privilege of driving your car yourself.
I am just not sure when autopilots will become that good. OTOH, I did not expect to see self-driving cars arrive during my lifetime, and now it looks very strongly like I will. ;-)
> Now, I have no clue on how to get politicians to understand science.
Given the kind of political influence car manufactures have (at least here in Germany), I think that will not be too much of a problem once the demand is there.