Re:Self-Driving Cars Can Handle Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow
by emodendroket on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:00PM
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Right. So many arguments just start from the premise that self-driving cars must be safer and then ask why we aren't racing to replace human drivers with them. In reality the proposition that they are safer is far from proven.
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Re:Self-Driving Cars Can Handle Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Snow
by a008t on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:15AM
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Not to mention that the risk profile is going to be different. When you are driving your car, there is at least the illusion that you are in control of your risks. A careful driver at least believes that their risks are significantly lower than average. Getting into a self-driving car you have no control and are just playing Russian roulette.
Not to mention that the failure modes of self-driving cars are likely to be very different from failure modes of humans, making it more difficult for other road users to predict what they would do in any given situation.