Driverless Car Kills Pedestrian....

[joe jordans teeth]

5 hours ago, JamesBCFC said:

Givem they're being paid to be the backup driver, surely they should have been paying attention?

You would of thought so

[22A]

These driverless cars which, we are told by the experts are coming.
Who will fill fill the tank and check the oil etc?
On narrow roads, these things, we are told, will detect oncoming lorries etc and will pull over to the left. What if there is a cyclist or pedestrian there?
Then as driverless cars have such good monitors, zebra crossings will no longer be needed. Pedestrians can cross anywhere and the driverless cars will stop to avoid hitting them.

[Erithacus]

The more radical thinking in this field is looking to do this and more! Given that the current new systems in use now is far in advance of the legal structure and liable to be some time before all the interested parties involved are in agreement, the next generations of autonomous motoring is going to be a real headache. What will ultimately be of real concern is the change in 'culture' that the technology could offer. The Highway Code will have to be ripped up and started again, and the Green Cross Code man will be totally reinvented. Our children will have no idea about how us old 'uns ever managed to deal with traffic.

[Major Isewater]

When ' horseless carriages ' first appeared on our roads they had to have a man with a red flag ' walk ' in front of the vehicle to prevent accidents.

We are now having the same fear as the world advances our systems of transport.

 

[Maesknoll Red]

On 30/03/2018 at 12:25, 22A said:

These driverless cars which, we are told by the experts are coming.
Who will fill fill the tank and check the oil etc?
On narrow roads, these things, we are told, will detect oncoming lorries etc and will pull over to the left. What if there is a cyclist or pedestrian there?
Then as driverless cars have such good monitors, zebra crossings will no longer be needed. Pedestrians can cross anywhere and the driverless cars will stop to avoid hitting them.

On the country lanes, will they be able to react to horses and all the other associated countryside incursions into the road.  Especially on single track roads with minimal passing places.  Will they be able to judge if flood water is safe to drive through?  Not all driving is done in cities and main roads/motorways.

[Erithacus]

Quite, Maesknoll! I am dubious of the goal of total reliance on the technology - as it looks at the present time. A computer might be trusted to drive in a straight line, but it will be a rather more complex task to replicate the actions of an expert driver in all their glory. As is mentioned, the demanding task of driving in the real world is actually extremely difficult (as many road users prove every day). Motoring sage Mr Clarkson once commented that it's a resounding compliment that our national death/accident rate is so low. Comparatively.

It is my suspicion that the technology will soon be made commercially available (perhaps prematurely) with a rather large caveat: 'our car will drive itself in most situations, but cannot be relied on to respond properly to all circumstances that may occur'. In other words, the manufacturers will sell you a car, but not take full responsibility. It's no wonder the legal types are bouncing off the walls. Nor that the show rooms are not crammed with buyers.