Re: Self drive cars

From	Trevor Wilson <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Self drive cars
Date	2018-06-26 08:31 +1000
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On 26/06/2018 7:46 AM, Double-A wrote:
> On Monday, June 25, 2018 at 2:42:16 PM UTC-7, Sergio wrote:
>> On 6/25/2018 1:01 AM, Sylvia Else wrote:
>>> On 24/06/2018 12:26 PM, john wrote:
>>>> Even if a driver is there supervising, things happen so quickly that
>>>> unless a person is feeling the road- actually driving- there is no
>>>> time to react.
>>>> Nevergoing to work on roads- maybe in Space
>>>>
>>>
>>> Driver supervision is only being used during development. The intent is
>>> that the end product will be fully autonomous, with no driver, only
>>> passengers, and the latter will not be criminally liable for accidents
>>> or breaches of the road laws.
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>>
>> fully autonomous vehicles will always have accidents,
>>
>> sensors fail, age, lose calibration
>> probability of detection is never  100%,
>> probability of false detection is never  0
>> one cannot identify or characterize all road hazards
>> plugs corrode, disconnect
>> the system has an overall failure rate
>>
>> the courts, lawyers, owners, victims, hospitals, will all demand
>> liability be identified.
>>
>> that June Bug your car hit at 60 mph took out the front right radar
>> unit, which missed that pedestrian you hit.
> 
> 
> The goal is not that self driving cars should be perfect, that only that they have less accidents than human driven cars.
> 

**Correct and, in that sense, we are very close to that goal. Another 5 
years should see that aim completed.


-- 
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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Self drive cars john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2018-06-23 19:26 -0700
  Re: Self drive cars Alan Folmsbee <omnilobe@gmail.com> - 2018-06-23 20:44 -0700
    Re: Self drive cars benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-06-24 01:09 -0400
      Re: Self drive cars Alan Folmsbee <omnilobe@gmail.com> - 2018-06-24 03:49 -0700
    Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-24 13:24 -0700
  Re: Self drive cars Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-25 16:01 +1000
    Re: Self drive cars Alan Folmsbee <omnilobe@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 01:59 -0700
      Re: Self drive cars "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 19:12 -0700
        Re: Self drive cars "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-06-25 19:34 -0700
    Re: Self drive cars Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-06-25 16:42 -0500
      Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-25 14:46 -0700
        Re: Self drive cars Trevor Wilson <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> - 2018-06-26 08:31 +1000
          Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-26 15:05 -0700
            Re: Self drive cars Trevor Wilson <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> - 2018-06-27 08:30 +1000
            Re: Self drive cars "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 16:03 -0700
              Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-26 16:44 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-06-26 18:52 -0500
                Re: Self drive cars john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 18:45 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-28 13:53 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars Alan Folmsbee <omnilobe@gmail.com> - 2018-06-28 16:04 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-29 13:22 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-06-29 13:44 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars Leo Sgouros <adravirgo@gmail.com> - 2018-06-29 13:50 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 19:57 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-06-26 22:12 -0700
                Re: Self drive cars Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-06-28 13:57 -0700
              Re: Self drive cars "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-06-26 22:10 -0700
      Re: Self drive cars Trevor Wilson <trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> - 2018-06-26 08:30 +1000
  Re: Self drive cars "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-06-25 19:02 -0700
    Re: Self drive cars "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-06-25 19:33 -0700

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