Will we see a real self driving car in our life time?

shortbus

Joined Sep 30, 2009
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In order for self driving cars to operate to an extremely high level of safety, the control system must be networked and checked redundant and I don't believe that any of the companies are using this technique.
And that gets back to the, "all cars must be self driving" for it to really work. Throw one car or one train still under human control into the mix and all bets are off.
 

Glenn Holland

Joined Dec 26, 2014
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And that gets back to the, "all cars must be self driving" for it to really work. Throw one car or one train still under human control into the mix and all bets are off.
In our automatic train control system, a "noncommunicating" train (that is not responding to the network) will default the following train to stay back a rather large distance. That adds a delay in service, but it maintains safe following distance.

However, if that were applied to SFCs, the following vehicle would have to be switched to manual driving otherwise, there would be traffic back ups. Reliability of SDC is also a major issue ans with 100s of 1000s of cars are using the freeways everyday, and a couple of failures can lead to monumental back ups.
 

Glenn Holland

Joined Dec 26, 2014
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Product liability is going to be a big issue and the car maker's insurance companies are going to have the final say in whether or not self driving cars will actually be on the road.

With conventional human driven cars, the manufacturer's liability is currently limited to alleged defects with the vehicle itself and the vast majority of accidents are due to human error. However in addition to the human error contribution to accidents, the reliability self driving technology will also be brought into question.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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https://www.businessinsider.com/war...gistics-self-driving-trucks-technology-2018-6
Donald Broughton, the managing partner of transportation analysis firm Broughton Capital, said it's true that self-driving trucks won't be barreling down the highway in the next five years.

The technology is already there, Broughton told Business Insider. But the public and industry perception is the problem.

"Is it socially acceptable to put an 80,000-pound truck down the highway without a driver? That's the hurdle," Broughton told Business Insider. "It's not because of the technology, it's because of the public's willingness to accept it."
 
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