Oops: Two self-driving cars involved in close call in California http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/26/google-delphi-two-self-driving-cars-near-miss http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/26/google-delphi-two-self-driving-cars-near-miss Two self-driving cars involved in close call in Californ... http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/26/google-delphi-two-self-driving-cars-near-miss Delphi Automotive Audi had to take ‘appropriate action’ after being cut up by Google Lexus, says executive who was riding in the car View on www.theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/26/google-delphi-two-self-driving-cars-near-miss Preview by Yahoo
---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote : They haven't programmed in "California stops". That's why they get read-ended around here. People expect the car in front of them to do a "California stop" not a full one. :-D Actually I haven't seen any of Google's test cars around here except possibly the fleet of similar cars in the lot where I parked at Google back in February. But those looked more like a fleet vehicle they might use if they needed to drive out to a meeting in the area. But they were Spark cars. We were sold the idea of driverless cars back in the 1950s but we were supposed to have them by the 1980s. I even heard they put cables in the Interstate highways for that purpose. Driverless cars might be more appealing for long distance travel so you could kick back, watch a movie, play games or take videos of the scenery. But then take over again once at the destination. To some extent impractical since a better solution would be cheaper and faster rail transportation but we pretty much killed the railroads and who wants to fly with the gestapo at the airports? On 06/25/2015 10:23 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... mailto:anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies? 'Right now, ethicists have more questions than answers. Should rules governing autonomous vehicles emphasize the greater good -- the number of lives saved -- and put no value on the individuals involved?' Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies? Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies? The gearheads in D! etroit, Tokyo and Stuttgart have mostly figured out how to build driverless vehicles. Even the Google guys seem to have solved the riddle. View on www.bloomberg.com Preview by Yahoo
