Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never happen'

Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by Anarch157a on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:28PM (#22088132)

All it takes is a little bit of rain and hundreds of traffic lights go haywire in my city. What makes you think those beacons would fare any better? Politicians don't a crap for long term maintanance of little visibility infrastructure like that, so they're poorly funded.

And you say "private contactors will save the day", please, stop drinking the Ayn Rand Cool-aid.

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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by SECProto on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:55PM (#22088279)

What is wrong with the traffic lights in your city would be the much more interesting question here. Everywhere I know, traffic lights work as long as their power supply is intact

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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by Anarch157a on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:29PM (#22089235)

Shitty maintenance on top of lower bidder supplying sub-par equipment because half of the money went to corruption. The result is water getting in the circuits and shorting them out.

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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by SECProto on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:37PM (#22089272)

Alright. I work with roads and traffic infrastructure, and have never seen that situation before. The active equipment (in my experience) is all stored in above ground cabinets - just simple grey metal cabinets, elevated on foundations or poles, sealed with a gasket but with vent holes to prevent heat buildup. It would take almost deliberate misconstruction to cause a short.

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