I would kinda want to experience the self-driving car for myself - I wonder if there is a place to sign up and be an experimental driver... Surely, it needs to be a function of both: the car handling the situations correctly and the "drivers" being comfortable with how the car is making decisions. And the latter is dependent on the people, so they would need a sample of different drivers to try from... Hmm, from that I wonder if all the cars' software is going to be standardized or it's going to evolve to match the car owner's expectations and style... So many questions and such an exciting field! :-)
Per the legal side: Google has already pulled off something that I thought impossible - they put those cars on the road, So now I have full faith in them taking this all the way...
Per driving style I really think it depends on your reference point. I'm coming from driving in Washington state, where drivers are notoriously known for being "brake-happy". For example, if the driver sees that a car in front is trying to change lanes, they would break slightly and let the car in. In California drivers on the lane I'm merging into would on the contrary accelerate. I'm sure I'll get used to the new style of driving, but there is surely a big difference :)
Sure there is a difference - just not enough of it to worry about. Not like learning to drive in Rome - never mind Moscow ;)))
> put those cars on the road
No they have not. Only with human driver backup or in select areas under 25 MPH. I suspect that, in the foreseeable future, the only practical fully autonomous applications might be in the military.
Per the legal side: Google has already pulled off something that I thought impossible - they put those cars on the road, So now I have full faith in them taking this all the way...
Per driving style I really think it depends on your reference point. I'm coming from driving in Washington state, where drivers are notoriously known for being "brake-happy". For example, if the driver sees that a car in front is trying to change lanes, they would break slightly and let the car in. In California drivers on the lane I'm merging into would on the contrary accelerate. I'm sure I'll get used to the new style of driving, but there is surely a big difference :)
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> put those cars on the road
No they have not. Only with human driver backup or in select areas under 25 MPH. I suspect that, in the foreseeable future, the only practical fully autonomous applications might be in the military.
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