The complications of doing this in the real world are enormousness. With traffic the way it is in most city's adding to that mix cars that drive themselves would be disastrous.
On the other hand it may actually be safer than people that drive with a cell phone, texting or using a computer. :-)
Google's Self-Driving Vehicles Have Completed 300,000 Miles of Testing: Are Autonomous Cars the Next Big Thing?
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Among other advances in world technology, the computer, internet, and smart phones come to mind. Are autonomous cars the next big thing?
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Mrkando 2012/08/07 22:04:05
Einstein was quoted that are two things in this Realm that are Infinite;
1) the Universe [I disagree but that's another debate]
2) HUMAN STUPIDITY. He should have got a 3rd Nobel Prize for that one.
When you set up sloppy No-Fault insurance everybody abdicates Responsibility, A Demolition Derby ensues, the Rates go up, then Everyone's blames the OTHER drivers Only (DENIAL).
When a half inch settles on the road, we become a bumper car ride.
I live in Wet-Couver, when it rains here, drivers speed up.
Six years ago, there was a hurricane-grade windstorm (Dec. 19/06), I rode my (750cc) 1978 Kawasaki (No fairing) home from work across open ground without incident. Super scary, but noticed quickly the the cross-windage effects were unaffected by speed so I settled on 80 k/mh on the highway and the buildings broke the gusts when I go into the urban zone. Would never go OUT to work in that, necessity.
By the way, I'm not very good with cars (too insulating from the risks?). Maybe drivers should do a year on bikes before granted cars.
Many navies start their sailors on wind-driven ships. Builds teamwork.
Perhaps we should employ "Occam's Ramp" before allowing folks to drive more lethal rolling projectiles.
We are well down a Slippery Slope, my solution is if they cause harm, slap them with same penalties as Drunk Driving (I see no difference). Also have video surveillance of intersection with automated cameras (à la photo radar, was banned here because of entrapment issues) and send fines in the mail to the owners. This is close to Big Brother but since drivers are ever more slacking off on responsibility, it has to be done until they smarten up, or draconian measures are inevitable.
"Tis Easier to be CareFree while CareFull than being careLESS".
"Freedom & Responsibility work better when used Direct
rather than Inversely" (as most free-wheelers assume).
As for letting others drive your car, put some sort of black box (as in airliners) that the...&
We are well down a Slippery Slope, my solution is if they cause harm, slap them with same penalties as Drunk Driving (I see no difference). Also have video surveillance of intersection with automated cameras (à la photo radar, was banned here because of entrapment issues) and send fines in the mail to the owners. This is close to Big Brother but since drivers are ever more slacking off on responsibility, it has to be done until they smarten up, or draconian measures are inevitable.
"Tis Easier to be CareFree while CareFull than being careLESS".
"Freedom & Responsibility work better when used Direct
rather than Inversely" (as most free-wheelers assume).
As for letting others drive your car, put some sort of black box (as in airliners) that the owner can monitor on what they're doing with your car, it's registered in your name & a car is a weapon just as much as a gun. If you're careless and you weapon gets stolen and is involved in a crime, you're still responsible.
A facetious suggestion would be to have a learner driver for a week in Montréal. When the light turns yellow, the guy going the other way starts to move as compared to "three thru the red" here.
I'm trippin' some sort of Logic Trap
DISENGAGE!
it would have no trouble.
A Bit is a Yes/No linear dipole (two choices),
a Qubit is a Spatial 'Ambiguous' (virtually infinite),
can you imagine the increase in processing power & speed?
would regard Chaos Theory as Grade School Math.
In most [brain]cases people driver too fast to safely stop or evade hazards.
Up here in WET-couver, people drive FASTER when it rains.
Figure that one out.
The processors in computerstoday will have a better sence of the Physics (traction, inertia) involved, possibly compensating for weather conditions better than humans too.
Up here on the Wet Coast, drivers go faster in the rain than when it's sunny. Go figure.
Seems most of of trouble is due to human reasons,
automating maintenance would help here too.
(much like with computers, the problem's usually between the keyboard & the chair).
I'm talking Safety here, modern folks abdicate responsibility in all camps.
Has anyone down a study on the political leanings of bad drivers?
I bet it's skewed to the Right. I'm British born, we drive on the Other side of the road there (as does Australia & Japan) could that be a contributing factor?
"Tis Better to be CareFULL to live CareFREE rather than being CareLESS"
Most Yanks think Freedom & Responsibility are mutually exclusive (hence all the trouble you have) and leads to Totalitarian Nanny States.
it works better when you apply BOTH Directly
Don't want Carmaggedon but Karmaggedon instead.