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Re:Regulation, not technology is holding back driverless cars by csomar on Sunday May 29, 2011 @04:48PM (#2597558)
The pilot should be there when the Software fails, and that's why he shouldn't be busy with something else. It adds to security, and it's worth it (from my point of view) whatever is the cost.
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Re:Regulation, not technology is holding back driverless cars by benmccann on Monday May 30, 2011 @04:21AM (#2598854)
You can't say "whatever the cost". What if it were $1 trillion per passenger? Obviously it's not, but there's some point at which you would change your mind. You have to assign a cost to these decisions in order to have a well reasoned discussion. The EPA, CPSC, NRC, OSHA, and OMB for example all use varying costs of life to make decisions with the value of one human life ranging from $1-$8 million.
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Re:Regulation, not technology is holding back driverless cars by wisty on Monday May 30, 2011 @05:21AM (#2598918)
"Cost" can also include the cost of poor decisions.

If 1 pilot in a hundred million decides to override the autopilot, and crash the plane into a landmark building, this is a cost.

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