Re:G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack
by foobarian on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @06:13PM
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Interesting, wonder if it will become necessary to build automated car coordination networks past a certain density. Systems like these could get into funny feedback loops where one car stops dead, causing the next one to stop dead, take off, rinse and repeat. Or, my favorite part of living near Boston, the traffic circles; I can't wait for the day a convoy of automated cars deadlocks a rotary :-)
Re:G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack
by aptwebapps on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:58PM
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Feedback loops are how we get traffic jams right now. A well-built synchronized system should be less susceptible to them than the current, unsynchronized one.
However, I totally sympathize with him, living in Pittsburgh and driving in proximity to Uber's and a few other company's cars. There have been times when I've been following an autonomous car and it makes a turn onto a completely clear road, then suddenly slams on the brakes for no observable reason. Yes, I should be ready to handle this situation, but it's certainly not expected.
Knowing that Uber safety drivers intervene an average of about once a mile certainly makes me wary of these cars and not enjoy driving around them.