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Dadhawk · 10-31-2018, 02:02 PM

Last night I was watching an episode of a cop show where they were closely trailing suspects and observing them which made me think, well there's one case where a pure self-driving car would do no good.

I would imagine it would be a while before a car that can easily get you from A to B autonomously could be told "OK follow them, but not too close and not too conspicuously. Make sure you stay out of site, but not so far out of sight I can't see what they are doing, oh and every once in a while parallel them on the next street over, but make sure we keep up".

In the end there are so many more "modes" cars are used in than just A to B I would think it will be a really long time before purely autonomous would be possible.

Then, after having that thought, I saw this article today that basically says even the ones that work, only work in good weather.

I think I'll keep my steering wheel for now thank you, maybe throwing in GMs advanced cruise control or similar for long trips.

10-31-2018, 02:02 PM	#49973
Dadhawk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S (#3 of 1st 86) Location: Powder Springs, GA Posts: 20,112 Thanks: 39,684 Thanked 25,456 Times in 11,606 Posts Mentioned: 187 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Random self-driving car thought of the day Last night I was watching an episode of a cop show where they were closely trailing suspects and observing them which made me think, well there's one case where a pure self-driving car would do no good. I would imagine it would be a while before a car that can easily get you from A to B autonomously could be told "OK follow them, but not too close and not too conspicuously. Make sure you stay out of site, but not so far out of sight I can't see what they are doing, oh and every once in a while parallel them on the next street over, but make sure we keep up". In the end there are so many more "modes" cars are used in than just A to B I would think it will be a really long time before purely autonomous would be possible. Then, after having that thought, I saw this article today that basically says even the ones that work, only work in good weather. I think I'll keep my steering wheel for now thank you, maybe throwing in GMs advanced cruise control or similar for long trips. __________________ Olivia 05/03/2012 - 01/06/2024. 231,146 glorious miles. Visit my Owner's Journal where I wax philosophic on all things FR-S Post your 86 or see others in front of a(n) (in)famous landmark. What fits in your 86? Show us the "Junk In Your Trunk". Last edited by Dadhawk; 10-31-2018 at 10:45 PM.