Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by ottowinter on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:52PM
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That's exactly the point, even if pilots use autopilot most of the time (level 4 autonomy).
Guess when they take control? When something bad is happening (and there are literally a million things that can go wrong and the autopilot could not fix, ever).
Guess why MCAS did not result in more crashes (the system has been known to malfunction a couple of times before the crashes)? Righty because there were pilots that could manually control the plane well enough to land safely.
Guess when they take control? When something bad is happening (and there are literally a million things that can go wrong and the autopilot could not fix, ever).
Guess why MCAS did not result in more crashes (the system has been known to malfunction a couple of times before the crashes)? Righty because there were pilots that could manually control the plane well enough to land safely.