tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7371875660305080625..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A Report on an Experience with a Self-Driving Car on the Streets of San FranciscoRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22048080287862077252018-01-18T17:10:50.520-05:002018-01-18T17:10:50.520-05:00I see real safety issues with self-driving cars (i...I see real safety issues with self-driving cars (in addition to the liberty-related issue that, since they are more reliant on software than older cars, they will be much more trackable by the state, either from hacking the software or requiring OEMs to allow the state access).<br /><br />It's not hard to imagine a number of instances when circumstances require human insight and not slavish, The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26139429441271399932018-01-18T15:39:59.376-05:002018-01-18T15:39:59.376-05:00It is a great conceit to think that all things are...It is a great conceit to think that all things are tractable. There is a great difference between driving-as-imagined versus driving-as-done. Safe driving and unsafe driving are outcomes from the same process. There are millions of variable actions taken by each driver within a time constrained environment and these variations can either accumulate or cancel each other out, with the result being geoihhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228052543574335663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64537741737916085282018-01-18T11:51:04.290-05:002018-01-18T11:51:04.290-05:00My point is it's unlikely things like this wil...My point is it's unlikely things like this will change as companies will be loath to blatantly have their products break the law, and the litigious American society would swoop all over any accident where an autonomous vehicle was breaking the law when an accident occurred.<br /><br />Once people figure out these cars will stop for any pedestrian, it will likely spawn a new type of robbery Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80305809583740013142018-01-18T10:54:32.813-05:002018-01-18T10:54:32.813-05:00As a professional software engineer, I am in awe t...As a professional software engineer, I am in awe that autonomous vehicles are able to do what they do. They, of course, will continue to improve, perhaps to the point where even Wenzel will be impressed.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603153065912441315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60827942298097033262018-01-18T08:44:32.879-05:002018-01-18T08:44:32.879-05:00This is not about technicalities of the law but ho...This is not about technicalities of the law but how real people drive versus self-driving cars.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41934934820160459962018-01-18T04:39:13.688-05:002018-01-18T04:39:13.688-05:00I'm pretty sure California Law gives pedestria...I'm pretty sure <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/hdbk/right_of_way" rel="nofollow">California Law</a> gives pedestrians the right-of-way in any crosswalk -- even if that pedestrian is breaking the law. So, the car was programmed to obey the law -- something any company wanting to be granted authority to operate, and any company not wanting to be sued would have to Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85917901278386687342018-01-17T21:03:15.611-05:002018-01-17T21:03:15.611-05:00I thought I read somewhere that self driving cars ...I thought I read somewhere that self driving cars are causing more accidents at this point because they don't react to other vehicles like human drivers do, so human drivers in other cars can't anticipate what the self driving car is going to do.AJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199742607749169526noreply@blogger.com