737 and driverless or speed limited cars.
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What's not to understand about the op?
You can't compare the automation system of a 737 to a car.
Regardless, the amount of lives that will be saved with auto-cars will be massive. There will be deaths, but there are thousands of deaths every year already on the roads.
It is a question of risk, I don't see how, even with fully autonomous cars, that you could remove the risk of accidents happening entirely. However, you could significantly reduce the number of accidents and certainly reduce the number of fatal accidents.
Yes, 2 planes have gone down due to the software but, if 3 planes would have gone down due to pilot error which this software prevented, then as cold as it may come across it has been worth it.
Yes, 2 planes have gone down due to the software but, if 3 planes would have gone down due to pilot error which this software prevented, then as cold as it may come across it has been worth it.
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I don't think anyone is going to argue that driver-less cars will stop all crashes. It may reduce the amount we have now though.
It will considerably reduce the amount of deaths on the road - So much so that it will be impossible to ignore and not go fully automated.
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You need to do some research: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-n...erent-driverless-technology-levels-explained/
My car has level 2 autonomy, so it can steer around bends, change lanes, stay within the lines and adjust it's speed automatically.
Once we hit level 3-4, car journeys will be much safer.
My car has level 2 autonomy, so it can steer around bends, change lanes, stay within the lines and adjust it's speed automatically.
Once we hit level 3-4, car journeys will be much safer.
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The task of driverless cars is much easier than driverless planes because a car can often stop safely in dangerous situations but a plane doesn't have that option.
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Eventually, yes.
Maybe within 15 years.
Maybe within 15 years.
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Yep, I'd take a computer driving the car than an idiot any day of the week.
You've never driven around the east mids have you?
Last week I saw a woman stop at a green light, I see 5-6 cars go through red lights every day, nobody indicates on a roundabout, people change lanes, then change back, then change again......
You've never driven around the east mids have you?
Last week I saw a woman stop at a green light, I see 5-6 cars go through red lights every day, nobody indicates on a roundabout, people change lanes, then change back, then change again......
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Yup, and I made a thread about this a few years back. The general concensus was that I was wrong and technology would never take people out of work. In fact, most said it would create jobs.
Wonder what people are thinking now.
eventually yes... also delivery drivers, taxi drivers
This is a guarantee - Job such as; Truck Driver, Taxi Driver, Delivery Drivers etc. have an expiration date - Probably within the next 10 - 15 years.
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There'e not really much comparison.
The computer technology that drives the automatics onboard a 737 is ancient - I suspect it's similar in performance to a microcomputer from the 80's or early 90's.
I don't know much about self driving cars but the hardware to do it must be 10000's (or more) more powerfull than that in a 737.
For better or worse, I think self driving cars are going to be with us in the next 10-20 years. I daresay I'll see a day when manually driving a car will be considered reckless.
The computer technology that drives the automatics onboard a 737 is ancient - I suspect it's similar in performance to a microcomputer from the 80's or early 90's.
I don't know much about self driving cars but the hardware to do it must be 10000's (or more) more powerfull than that in a 737.
For better or worse, I think self driving cars are going to be with us in the next 10-20 years. I daresay I'll see a day when manually driving a car will be considered reckless.