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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by neumann on Thursday September 13, 2018 @09:34PM (#17984112)
I mean, you are right about humans as a species, but oh god, not as drivers. As a cyclist commuter, pass/get passed by a lot of cars and see a lot of irregular/irrational behavior. Everytime there is a change in the traffic rules along my route (detour, construction, closed lane, new signalling) you will get a pretty high rate of people who either ignore the change, panic and drive recklessly, or panic and come to a confused stop.

Maybe we need driverless cars that can show panic faces when they don't know what to do and be coached by a friendly citizen what to do? It would be super cute.

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by xnx on Thursday September 13, 2018 @10:43PM (#17984355)
Agree. It's a fun game to think up edge cases that would challenge a self-driving car. On average these cars will far outperform human drivers. I see human drivers blow through stop signs every day completely unaware that they did so.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by mantas on Friday September 14, 2018 @12:58AM (#17984775)
Didn't Uber car did exactly that? Perfect robot would outperform average human. Sure. Average robot to average human? That's much more interesting...
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by linuxftw on Friday September 14, 2018 @09:48AM (#17987133)
An uber car also killed someone and the emergency automatic braking system was disabled.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by prawn on Sunday September 16, 2018 @09:19PM (#18002421)
Zoox has hinted that their vehicles will use sounds (at least) to signal intent and reactions.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by 100ideas on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:44AM (#17985433)
Chernikov tail lights