The end of human driver

[Alpha Poke]

People will bitch about this until their first drive home in LA or Houston that usually takes 2 hours and will now take 15 minutes. Driver error accounts for 99.99% of gridlock.

A guy I know in Tulsa's son is on one of many teams working on this. He's at UT Austin. I believe his exact group is working on the no stop light/no stop sign intersection. Once perfected, it will increase flow by several thousand percent.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...orce-error-prone-human-motorists-off-the-road

 

[Schoonerman]

We can only hope......

 

[HighStickHarry]

Awesome.
instead of wrecks happening consistently and killing a small percentage of drivers/riders we will have a period of utopian safety only to have something go drastically wrong either on purpose or by accident In Which everyone on the road will be killed all at once.

 

[Marshal Jim Duncan]

It will reduce traffic issues. I think 2 hours to 15 minutes is a little optimistic.

I'm curious about the transition to it though. Will driving of cars by humans be illegal at some point? Will they operate on the same roads?

As HSH mentions, the vehicles will be massive targets for hacking/terrorists and/or possible glitches.

 

[Alpha Poke]

As long as that happens in the right place...no worries.

 

[HighStickHarry]

I've always said if a man does what his grandfather did he should be ok. Not an absolute, but generally. With that in mind I will be cruising Payne country on an unhackable horse.

 

[HighStickHarry]

As long as that happens in the right place...no worries.

Perry?

 

[Alpha Poke]

It will reduce traffic issues. I think 2 hours to 15 minutes is a little optimistic.

You're underestimating the average stupidity of drivers and the downstream effects to the 40th power of each and every dumb driving decision, multiplied by the total number in an average 15 minute drive.

Who knows what the total reduction will be? should be better though...

 

[Alpha Poke]

Perry?

No more Maroons!

 

[HighStickHarry]

how do you tell a driverless car to drive slowly by your ex wife's house over and over? If she peeks out normally you have to step on it if she doesn't you can slow way down and see who or what she is doing. As with much of this advancement I don't think it has been thoroughly evaluated.

 

[MegaPoke]

What happens to cars made before this technology? What if you've got money tied up in classic cars? What if you can't afford to upgrade to a new car?

 

[Alpha Poke]

Deported to Mexico, obviously.

 

[osuengineer]

If only cars were more like horses...
http://xkcd.com/1720/

 

[shortbus]

Taking cars away from humans is about as likely as taking guns away.

I'm all about driverless cars. would be great to login to uber and schedule my automated pick up every day at x time or know that I can have a car here in 5 minutes at any time and that I can relax and do work or socialize during the trip rather than focus on the road.

That being said, people have invested in drive able cars that you cannot simply take away and computers fail. Owning a car without a physical driver feature is simply irresponsible to me for the foreseeable future.

 

[squeak]

My wife can also be artificially insemenated, but I'd rather hammer it myself.

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

My wife can also be artificially insemenated, but I'd rather hammer it myself.

I think you're onto something, there's got to be some Uber-like service for men unwilling to perform this deed. If there's not, there should be.

 

[nathajw]

Can't afford a chauffeur and I'm all about being able to get in 20 minute to 1 hour power naps all around the Metroplex. Nothing would bring me greater joy then getting to sleep while heading all the way to Mansfield or Forth Worth at 6:30 on a Saturday morning for a baseball tournament.

I'm the dude that's asleep on the plane before the wheels are even up. 5-6 beers usually has a lot to do with that though.

 

[capanski]

What happens to cars made before this technology? What if you've got money tied up in classic cars? What if you can't afford to upgrade to a new car?

Cash for Clunkers II

 

[Alpha Poke]

If everyone plays their cards right, you could nail the wife and get in a power nap to and from your destination when this thing goes live.

Going from 1 hour to 15 minutes in the car, no problem.

 

[nathajw]

If everyone plays their cards right, you could nail the wife and get in a power nap to and from your destination when this thing goes live.

Going from 1 hour to 15 minutes in the car, no problem.

Hey, 13-14 minute naps work great too.

 

[Alpha Poke]

You're allowing for way too much foreplay.

 

[Alpha Poke]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/183...-orgasm-and-its-a-lot-shorter-than-you-think/

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

Can't afford a chauffeur and I'm all about being able to get in 20 minute to 1 hour power naps all around the Metroplex. Nothing would bring me greater joy then getting to sleep while heading all the way to Mansfield or Forth Worth at 6:30 on a Saturday morning for a baseball tournament.

I'm the dude that's asleep on the plane before the wheels are even up. 5-6 beers usually has a lot to do with that though.

You read my mind. Night games Saturday and bracket Sunday starts at 8am at BLD. I'm getting a hotel room.

 

[BvillePoker]

I read an article about a test that Google did years ago with self-driving vehicles. They put them on a track and ran for days simulating freeway traffic getting them on and off the track etc. It was flawless and ran for days without incident. Then they did the same exact study with people sitting in the drivers seat and told them not to touch anything and the damn thing would not run for an hour because people could not keep from messing with it.

 

[Rdcldad]

I read an article about a test that Google did years ago with self-driving vehicles. They put them on a track and ran for days simulating freeway traffic getting them on and off the track etc. It was flawless and ran for days without incident. Then they did the same exact study with people sitting in the drivers seat and told them not to touch anything and the damn thing would not run for an hour because people could not keep from messing with it.

Sounds like gundy and the offense

 

[Alpha Poke]

Sounds like gundy and the offense

Holee Sheet! That's good.

 

[CBradSmith]

Sounds like gundy and the offense

Lol. Double Like!

 

[CBradSmith]

I'm all over the 2nd iteration of driverless cars.

Nobody smart buys the 1st Android/Apple/whatever if the product can kill you.