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Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback
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.
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I'm 26 and have been driving ever since I was 15. I sometimes feel like i was the only one who read the book and actually still follows most if not all the rules. I have had enough experience to know you can't account for stupidity. For that same reason, I can't fully trust autopilot. I know that even if i follow all the rules I can still get into an accident. But that's why I stay alert and watch the road. Telsa has put it into their driver's heads (not directly) that they can do other things while driving and this is a huge mistake.
What I'm trying to say is, in an a car with autopilot, the driver is the failsafe. The driver can see things the auto pilot can't and has to be able to react.
As some one said, the autopilot must have seen the road underneath the trailer and detected the road was clear.
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