The Self Driving Car is able to sense vehicles and most objects in it's way. The LIDAR that is the main component of the car is what shows that your motorcycle exists. If the car stops for a car then it would stop for a motorcycle.
Well that is more of a bureaucracy issue, these insurance companies don't have the right to start having everyone switch over to Self Driving Cars. If anything I believe the insurance companies will do the same thing as the DMV just create a new branch of rules.
Nobody wants a future where people are forced to do something, in fact many auto manufacturing companies who are building self driving cars will have the self driving part as more of an option. I don't really see the point in Self Driving Cars for myself due to the fact I'm an able bodied 22 year old electrician.
I don't even own a car but I get around with lyft or public transportation. I've actually carved out a nice little niche where I as an electrician never have to drive. At the moment I work as a Construction Electrician where I just put my tools into a lyft car and bring them right over. Soon enough I'll have my AS and will be doing lights out manufacturing.The constitution has made it clear that they can not take away your right in being happy. The automated car though is for people who EG: may not have legs,lost an eye in a refinery or are deaf.
As for the software problems, it's not like these cars are just going to hit the road and crash. There will be a lot of safety tests for each and every car. There will be certifications granted to each car as if they are a driver themselves. If there is a software problem chances are they will find it in the factory or wherever they sell these things. And as for the comparison to your smart phone, no, the checks for these will be a lot more intense.If the head of the NHTSA said that we should not get in the way of this type of innovation, then these cars are probably vetted extremely well.
Software problems though are being looked at as we speak. Tesla has been the first ones to try this software and yes they've had heavy issues with the software in 2013 but it's almost 2016 now and 3 years ago is ancient compared to what the software is today. If these cars were considered a danger to society then they wouldn't even be looked at by the Feds.
I still believe that a lot of people tend to feed into an idea that really isn't there. I remember talking to a friend of mine who said the same thing you're saying. He hates the idea because they will force everyone to use it. And I said why would they and all he said back was Control.
You know it's really annoying how people will say Self Driving Cars will take over. No one is taking over anything, all the Self Driving Car is doing is creating an alternative for people with disabilities or for people who don't want to drive. You're all looking at this like they are coming for your cars, if anything you have a brand new field of cars to look into. What if you have a blind or disabled friend who is also a car junkie? Quit listening to Elon Musk, he's not perfect like he thinks he is. When you make these types of fear based unrealistic articles, you are just feeding Elon Musk's ego.
Do you ever get afraid if the motor on an elevator, which many are computerized now a days, will be hacked? Maybe ISIS will hack your local elevator and not allow you to leave the elevator for good! The Google Database is one of the most secure databases on the planet, not even the best hackers in the world could crack their code and usually most terrorist hackers are amateurs who get into a website or two. Big deal, ISIS hacks into the little league baseball website.
Law Enforcement will clearly have access to the cars if needed, if the car is doing something Illegal then yes the officer will intervene. They can write up a citation where the car needs to have a recertification by the manufacturers and DMV that it is once again working legally, failure to do so should rest on the owner of the car's hands.
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Nobody wants a future where people are forced to do something, in fact many auto manufacturing companies who are building self driving cars will have the self driving part as more of an option. I don't really see the point in Self Driving Cars for myself due to the fact I'm an able bodied 22 year old electrician.
I don't even own a car but I get around with lyft or public transportation. I've actually carved out a nice little niche where I as an electrician never have to drive. At the moment I work as a Construction Electrician where I just put my tools into a lyft car and bring them right over. Soon enough I'll have my AS and will be doing lights out manufacturing.The constitution has made it clear that they can not take away your right in being happy. The automated car though is for people who EG: may not have legs,lost an eye in a refinery or are deaf.
As for the software problems, it's not like these cars are just going to hit the road and crash. There will be a lot of safety tests for each and every car. There will be certifications granted to each car as if they are a driver themselves. If there is a software problem chances are they will find it in the factory or wherever they sell these things. And as for the comparison to your smart phone, no, the checks for these will be a lot more intense.If the head of the NHTSA said that we should not get in the way of this type of innovation, then these cars are probably vetted extremely well.
Software problems though are being looked at as we speak. Tesla has been the first ones to try this software and yes they've had heavy issues with the software in 2013 but it's almost 2016 now and 3 years ago is ancient compared to what the software is today. If these cars were considered a danger to society then they wouldn't even be looked at by the Feds.
I still believe that a lot of people tend to feed into an idea that really isn't there. I remember talking to a friend of mine who said the same thing you're saying. He hates the idea because they will force everyone to use it. And I said why would they and all he said back was Control.
Why is it always all or nothing?
Do you ever get afraid if the motor on an elevator, which many are computerized now a days, will be hacked? Maybe ISIS will hack your local elevator and not allow you to leave the elevator for good! The Google Database is one of the most secure databases on the planet, not even the best hackers in the world could crack their code and usually most terrorist hackers are amateurs who get into a website or two. Big deal, ISIS hacks into the little league baseball website.
Law Enforcement will clearly have access to the cars if needed, if the car is doing something Illegal then yes the officer will intervene. They can write up a citation where the car needs to have a recertification by the manufacturers and DMV that it is once again working legally, failure to do so should rest on the owner of the car's hands.
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