Driverless cars

Nevakonaza · 2 Oct 2016 at 08:42

So what are your thoughts on these..do you think they will ever take off on UK roads?

I think they're a good thing,Especially for those that either dont have a licence,Disabled in a way or live out in the sticks where public transport isn't an option.

Thought this was funny though.

Google self-driving car gets pulled over for driving too slowly
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...lf-driving-car-pulled-over-driving-too-slowly

uber soldat · 2 Oct 2016 at 09:09

There are already vehicles you dont have to drive that get you to where you want to go. These are called buses...

Lonewolf · 2 Oct 2016 at 10:37

uber soldat said:
There are already vehicles you dont have to drive that get you to where you want to go. These are called buses...

joeyjojo · 2 Oct 2016 at 11:52

They're obviously the future and will probably be on the roads more quickly than people expect(ed). The amount of research already done is enormous.

Saw the other day even Nvidia have got in on the act

Courtesy of https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/551j6n/nvidia_ai_car_demonstration_unlike_googletesla/

Nevakonaza · 2 Oct 2016 at 11:56

uber soldat said:
There are already vehicles you dont have to drive that get you to where you want to go. These are called buses...

Really,Never heard of a bus before...10/10 reply. :rolleyes:

Luke_Bowman · 2 Oct 2016 at 11:59

Definitely think these are the future, probably coming a lot sooner than most people would expect too. Tesla have obviously done lots of great work but other companies are also registering interest. Nvidia/Tesla partnership will be great for ensuring cars have adequate computing power for the AI and the cars should learn more the longer they drive

chaparral · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:05

Nevakonaza said:
So what are your thoughts on these..do you think they will ever take off on UK roads?

But how quick do they stop if a kid/person ran out from the side quickly in front of one ?

joeyjojo · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:17

chaparral said:
But how quick do they stop if a kid/person ran out from the side quickly in front of one ?

A computer's reaction time is much better than a human's. They also don't get distracted, tired, confused, angry, hungry, drunk, etc.

chaparral · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:23

joeyjojo said:
A computer's reaction time is much better than a human's. They also don't get distracted, tired, confused, angry, hungry, drunk, etc.

But computers also have a bad habit of freezing/crashing/rebooting/locking up etc

so what happens if the car computer does one of these things while the car traveling at 70mph down a motorway ?

Clarkey · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:32

Frankly I think there are far too many variables out there on the road for a computer program to safely deal with. I don't trust it at all.

SexyGreyFox · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:48

uber soldat said:
There are already vehicles you dont have to drive that get you to where you want to go. These are called buses...

They get you near to where you want to go, taxi's are the proper answer.

Luke_Bowman · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:48

chaparral said:
But computers also have a bad habit of freezing/crashing/rebooting/locking up etc

so what happens if the car computer does one of these things while the car traveling at 70mph down a motorway ?

A bad habit? Well configured pc's have 99%+ uptime rates at that's with 24/7 running

SexyGreyFox · 2 Oct 2016 at 12:50

That's trolling so stop it Sexy

Edited by Sexy

johnny6 · 2 Oct 2016 at 13:10

All in my opinion but.....

Driverless vehicles won't be this safe utopia dreamed about until all vehicles are driverless.

The UK government will never pass a law allowing you to use a driverless vehicle without a licence, to get home after a night out on the town, whilst you sleep. Special consideration may be given to disabled individuals but I doubt it. Driverless cars will be viable a lot sooner than legislation allows. So it will be legislation and not technology which holds progress up.

Initially I think the best you will get is the vehicle taking over and becoming 'driverless' on smart motorways, however round town driving will still be the responsibility of the driver.

Many (possibly far to many) people will not trust driverless cars 100%. People find auto braking strange and this is taking it many many steps further.

Steampunk · 2 Oct 2016 at 13:45

Clarkey said:
Frankly I think there are far too many variables out there on the road for a computer program to safely deal with. I don't trust it at all.

It won't be perfect, but it will probably be better than people. I see shocking standards of driving every time I go out, a machine, once perfected will likely be more reliable and safer than nearly every driver out there.

Just think of an arctic with none of the blind spots and the ability to drive patiently, not be distracted, with machine speed reflexes and precision and all round radar vision. It woiuld make the roads safer for everyone.

Maccapacca · 2 Oct 2016 at 13:49

Probably HGV would be a good idea first. No rest breaks. No dvds and not really time related especially for non perishables. Could be a night time army of driverless HGVs.

lude1962 · 2 Oct 2016 at 13:52

chaparral said:
But computers also have a bad habit of freezing/crashing/rebooting/locking up etc

so what happens if the car computer does one of these things while the car traveling at 70mph down a motorway ?

Most cars have been computer controlled (ecu) for at least 30 yrs
The big passenger planes flights are mostly computer controlled (aim for take off push a few buttons , same with landing)
A car like a plane is likely to have more than one comp in case of a failure.

chaparral · 2 Oct 2016 at 14:04

lude1962 said:
Most cars have been computer controlled (ecu) for at least 30 yrs
The big passenger planes flights are mostly computer controlled (aim for take off push a few buttons , same with landing)
A car like a plane is likely to have more than one comp in case of a failure.

I can see where your coming from..

But then it makes you wonder why they can't even make simple things like a car or bike GPS or mobile phones etc that don't get these problems.

Orionaut · 2 Oct 2016 at 14:13

The tech is clever, but the social and economic consequences bother me.

To my mind, driverless cars are going to represent a major step in the road to "Subscription World"

(IE a World where nobody actually owns anything. Everything is owned by a handful of PNC's and the likes of you and I will have no option but to subscribe, by a monthly DD or whatever, for the right to use it

)

chaparral · 2 Oct 2016 at 14:15

So are they coded to mount the pavement every time to make room for lorries & buses & vans & 4x4's etc etc to past ?
Or would it just stop and sit there ?

As a lot of the roads over here are not wide enough to let a car & larger vehicle past each other without one of them mounting the pavement..

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