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Re:Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, I... by sincerely on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @12:36PM (#17348154)
When a human-driven car kills someone, the driver is held responsible and faces some sort of punishment. When a self-driving car kills someone, it's not clear that there are consequences, meaningful or otherwise, for anyone besides the person killed. Until this changes, I am fine with having a hardline stance against autonomous vehicles on the same road I'm on.
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Re:Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, I... by doikor on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:05PM (#17348374)
Volvo has the right approach. If the fault is on their car when it is in autonomous mode they will take full responsibility. They have said so multiple times publicly. Then again they don’t trust their system enough to give it to actual customers yet.
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Re:Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, I... by w_t_payne on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:21PM (#17348503)
My experience with Volvo was very positive. They were very keen on building a Simulink model for the entire vehicle, which IMHO is a good way to go.
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Re:Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, I... by ams6110 on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:54PM (#17348840)
> the driver is held responsible

Yes, if they are drunk or clearly driving recklessly. Otherwise, it's an accident. Their insurance will pay, and they will go on probably with some emotional scars but nothing really in the way of "punishment"

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