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

Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by colordrops on Sunday January 19, 2020 @02:40AM (#22090022)

> Driving safely on frozen surfaces is not a solved problem for human drivers, but most of us insist it is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

What does that mean? That it actually is solved by humans? Or that it's not, and we just take the increased risk? If the former, then we can automated it. If the latter, then the self driving cars can also drive at increased risk, opt-in of course.

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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ... by brownbat on Sunday January 19, 2020 @03:15AM (#22090141)

I meant the latter, but "equally safe as the status quo" might not be sufficient here.

If we built planes that were only as safe as highway driving, people would be outraged.

We aren't exactly rational about this stuff, and we expect a lot more from machines we don't directly control.

But I like your opt in solution. Maybe the UI loudly complains about the risk of current conditions and sticks to <5 MPH, unless the user enables "never tell me the odds" mode.

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