The trouble is that any system that takes enough of the burden of staying alert while driving, that you can stop concentrating, is a recipe for disaster. Either it has to be able to take over driving completely or not at all. If you’re letting it drive, especially on a long drive you can’t suddenly stop watching Harry Potter and be aware of the road in time to understand the situation and make decisions.
> On 2016/Jul/10, at 11:11 AM, David Boxall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/07/2016 12:23 PM, Jim Birch wrote: >> Tesla said this is the first fatality in 130 million miles of autopilot, ... > > <http://www.iflscience.com/technology/second-tesla-crash-raises-unnecessary-questions-about-selfdriving-cars/> >> Brown’s crash, for example, is the first fatality in 210 million kilometers >> (130 million miles) driven on Tesla’s autopilot mode. The average for human >> drivers in the US is 160 million kilometers (100 million miles). > > A bit of background: > <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/01/business/inside-tesla-accident.html> > The Tesla going under a semi that turned in front of it would have been > messy, to say the least. > > -- > David Boxall | Drink no longer water, > | but use a little wine > http://david.boxall.id.au | for thy stomach's sake ... > | King James Bible > | 1 Timothy 5:23 > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
