fossyant
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2030 for robo cabs - doubt it.
Are we being forced to go electric?
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vickster
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Didn't some Tesla taxis just get banned in Paris after an accident? Can't recall the details...here...not shown that it was in self-drive mode but not good nonetheless in a crowded city which is where we need to get people out of cars first
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59647069
Autopiliot crashes also being investigated in US
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59647069
Autopiliot crashes also being investigated in US
fossyant
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Sounds like driver error, rather than the car.
vickster
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Still doesn't bode well. The thought of an automated car on crowded roads sounds like a utopian nightmare to me
fossyant
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Still doesn't bode well. The thought of an automated car on crowded roads sounds like a utopian nightmare to me
Quite, it just won't happen, not from a technical point of view, but a legal one.
Alex321
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It is going to happen though. Pretty well inevitable now.Still doesn't bode well. The thought of an automated car on crowded roads sounds like a utopian nightmare to me
And I think that timeline above is also probably fairly realistic, though remember, that half a million vehicles is worldwide - and most will initially probably be in the USA, particularly the robo-taxis.
Alex321
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I don't think there is any realistic chance of it NOT happening.
fossyant
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It's not though. Technology aside, legally it won't, certainly not in the UK.
Who is responsible for injuring another road user ? Computers can't be programmed to deal with every eventuality.
fossyant
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You or I, and I doubt my children will see robo-cars replacing everything. Sorry, humans are selfish, we'll be tearing round in our 2000HP equivalent Teslas rather than get a robo car, or, god forbid, walk.
Don't even mention pedaling a bike.Alex321
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It will certainly take time - and quite a lot of it.You or I, and I doubt my children will see robo-cars replacing everything. Sorry, humans are selfish, we'll be tearing round in our 2000HP equivalent Teslas rather than get a robo car, or, god forbid, walk.
And yes, I very much doubt it will be entirely robo-cars in our lifetimes (depending on how old you are
).But legal in many places within the next few years, I think WILL happen. Significant numbers, particularly in things like taxis, within the next 10 years or so, not certain, but I don't think unrealistic.
I think by the time the 22nd century rolls around, it is not unrealistic to be mainly, and even possibly entirely robo-cars. It wouldn't surprise me to see laws brought in requiring cars to be automated in large urban areas. Whether that will happen in my lifetime is more doubtful.
Alex321
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Why would they need any higher levels than they do now?The cab firms? They'd need enormous levels of 3rd party indemnity (which probably only Elon Musk could afford
By the time these things are legally allowed in general use, they will have undergone very vigorous testing to ensure hey are at least as safe as human drivers, and probably more so.
While it is true that you really can't develop computer code to cover every possible eventuality, you can build in failsafes, and they will not be susceptible to human failings such as tiredness or distraction.
It’s Bruce Willis’s taxi ride in Fifth Element with Milla Jovovich dropping in for me.Anytime folk keep going in about driverless cars I’ve got Arnie in his Johnny Cab , Total Recall style
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