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Originally Posted by NemesisPrime909
We're all taught to keep our eyes on the road and to stay awake and alert. If we get tired while driving the pull over and rest. This guy is throwing all of that out of the window.
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Ha! HA! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Do you even drive on public roads? 90% of people are looking 10 feet in front of them, and have no clue what is going on beyond that distance, or around/behind them, and practically NOBODY pulls over when they are tired. Defensive driving is a lost art practiced only by a select few, and the situational awareness of the average driver is about on par with that of a blind, dead dog with a paper bag over its head.
Hate on Autopilot all you want (I'm not being a fanboy here) but quite frankly I would feel more comfortable driving alongside a car on Autopilot than a car driven by some clueless moron (which is most people, seemingly, these days.) At least I can be pretty sure that the car on Autopilot knows I'm next to it.
EDIT: And to add, I work in transit. You would be amazed and how cars will slam into our buses at speed. A giant bus. When asked what happened, it's not uncommon for them to say, "I just didn't see it." You just didn't see a 60-foot bus in front of you?! And yet people discussing this accident will inevitably take the position of, "A human-driven car would definitely have seen the truck."
As I've said before, I'm not necessarily saying Autopilot is ready for use by the general public. I'm just saying that self-driving cars don't need to be perfect. They just need to be less likely to crash than a human-driven car to be a net benefit for everyone on the road. We shouldn't expect perfection.