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Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders (www.sfgate.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[-] dsemy@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Honestly? I don’t want anyone to use AVs because I fear they will become popular enough that eventually I’ll be required to use one.

I honestly haven’t done enough research on AV safety to feel comfortable claiming anything concrete about it. I personally don’t feel comfortable with it yet since the technology is very new and I essentially need to trust it with my life. Maybe in a few years I’ll be more convinced.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

I hear you. I love driving and I have zero interest in buying a self-driving vehicle. However I can still stand outside my own preferences and look at it objectively enough to see that it's just a matter of time untill AI gets so good at it that it could be considered irresponsible to let a human drive. I don't like it but that's progress.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Travelling in a community whose public roads require 100% AVs will probably be the safest implementation of driving, period. But if you don't trust the tech, then just don't live or travel in that community.

I suspect we'll see an AV only lane on the hwy soon, and people will realize how much faster you can get through traffic without tailgaters and lane weavers constantly causing micro inefficiencies at best, and wrecks at worst.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

When vehicle-to-vehicle communication improves, and gets standardized, it will be interesting to see "AV road trains" of them going almost bumper to bumper, speeding up and slowing down all at the same time.