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Re:Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility in Pittsburgh to ... by coldcode on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @08:45AM (#8990232)
Self-driving cars in a world where all cars are self-driving is doable. Self-driving cars sharing the road with the morons I deal with every day is not going to happen any time soon, much less dealing with accidents, road closures, ice, snow, rain and the occasional angry politician.
Re:Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility in Pittsburgh to ... by ahallock on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @09:36AM (#8990477)
This is irrational. If self-driving cars are overall safer than their human counterparts, why wouldn't we allow a mix? I mean, we don't ban human drivers because of all the accidents and deaths caused of human errors, so why would be not allow self-driving cars, even with some failures?
Re:Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility in Pittsburgh to ... by Lambdanaut on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @10:25AM (#8990829)
> This is irrational

Humans can be pretty irrational, and law unfortunately isn't enacted in the science lab. We'll just have to wait and see who wins on the political level.

Re:Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility in Pittsburgh to ... by lkbm on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @09:54AM (#8990589)
> Self-driving cars sharing the road with the morons I deal with every day is not going to happen any time soon

It's already happening, and they seem to be working pretty well. The most difficult issue is going to be politians.