9/2/15 9:58 AM

The human factor.


http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/technology/personaltech/google-says-its-not-the-driverless-cars-fault-its-other-drivers.html?_r=0

9/5/15 4:54 PM

I've never bothered to work on track stands, but I might start:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/08/26/how-fixed-gear-bikes-can-confuse-googles-self-driving-cars/

9/5/15 5:10 PM

There is an amazing amount of driver environment interaction that I don't think an automated car will be able to handle.

4 way stops where one driver waves or just nods another driver through, or just eye contact.

How many times have you had to wave someone past while towing a load of yard trash? Come on, we have all done it, blocked the roads.

Some things, I just don't think any automated system is quite ready for working with us. With other automated systems it would be a breeze. Mixing humans and robots just won't work safely, yet.

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9/5/15 5:11 PM

"highlights the long list of rare situations the cars will have to master before they can replace human drivers"


I bet they do better than 1/2 the drivers at those things already!