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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by baybal2 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:44PM (#17981202)
In level of stupidity, the concept of self driving car in my opinion is second only to a flying car.

The second disregard, that well... there are airplanes.

The first, that driverless busses that creep at 30km/h and do emergency brake every every 10 minutes thanks to overattentive collision avoidance system also been around for decades.

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by justinpaulson on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:06PM (#17982039)
I guess you don't know many people that have died at the hands of human drivers if you think it is "stupid"
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by baybal2 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:33PM (#17982270)
If you ban cars, and only allow computer controlled ones, things do suddenly begin to make more sense, and look rational. I wouldn't challenge that.

But then, you effectively get a copy of a rail system, only without rails. Saudi experimental city once played with the concept

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by emiliobumachar on Thursday September 13, 2018 @03:28PM (#17981633)
We've had flying cars for decades. They're called helicopters. Unfortunately they're much too expensive for the masses. But I don't see why anyone would consider the concept stupid.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by baybal2 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @03:43PM (#17981777)
My point is that the popular image of flying cars with retractable wings and wheels turning into jet engines is ludicrous, and that yes, light personal airplanes and helicopters are there.

And the same parallel for driverless car, except for even when well executed it is kinda of arguable usefulness/value.

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by icebraining on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:12PM (#17982645)
arguable usefulness/value

Are regular cars useful? A self-driving car is just as useful for someone who can't drive: minors, many seniors, many people with disabilities - or people who just don't have a driving licenses, like me.

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by baybal2 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:38PM (#17982873)
For them, a 30km/h crawler with overattentive collision avoidance system may well be useful. This is not much different to how public transport drivers have to drive.

I expect them facing same issues like trams and trolleybuses - terribly bad experience in traffic.

You only see risky people aggressively trying to overtake and scratching their paint, while leaving the driver no opportunity to move an inch.

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by icebraining on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:29PM (#17983260)
A self-driving car is a mobile monitoring station; every such behavior will be closely tracked, recorded and possibly shared with the authorities. I think those drivers will learn to stay away from them.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:40PM (#17982892)
For those of us who do drive it would be great to get that commute time back.