G+_Ian Rumbles Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 California's DMV is not taking any chances with autonomous vehicle technology -- but it could also hold back the advancement of self-driving cars, too. https://transportevolved.com/2015/12/16/california-dmv-proposes-rules-for-operating-autonomous-cars-ban-on-driverless-vehicles/ https://transportevolved.com/2015/12/16/california-dmv-proposes-rules-for-operating-autonomous-cars-ban-on-driverless-vehicles/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lisa Borel Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I do think special testing requirements as well as license class endorsement need to be in place first. Licensing of people who otherwise cannot operate a motor vehicle should come after regular class licenses have operated the cars "safely" for a period long enough to have good data, and work through human/machine interface issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 You’re right when it comes to correct operation. However, the biggest failure in autonomous drive systems isn’t the car — it’s the person behind the wheel. I think we need to be very careful to differentiate between an autonomous car operating in autonomous mode and a car capable of autonomy being driven as a regular car. The latter is far more accident prone. So, in that case, it makes sense to legislate to encourage autonomous vehicles without human intervention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Steve Kluver Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It's early days yet. This will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lisa Borel Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 All of this presumes there are no manufacturing defects that might cause an accident.It simply just takes miles driven for those defects to emerge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Billy Vaughn Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Lisa Borel I'll bet any defect won't cause as many accidents as drivers who can't keep their hands off their cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I second that sentiment. Distracted driving is so much more dangerous than automated driving. So far, there have been plenty of accidents involving autonomous vehicles: none to my knowledge occurred when an autonomous vehicle was doing the driving. All were human-error related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lisa Borel Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Fine, but do you really think accidents caused by drivers texting has any effect on policy made for self-driving cars?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Billy Vaughn Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I would hope so since we are not getting less distracted drivers but more. Other than the tech needs to be tested very good, there are no other reasons not to pursue this. The positives outweigh the negatives tremendously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lisa Borel Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Umm... seriously? what do you feel is the connection between distracted drivers and self-driving cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Billy Vaughn Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Connection.....because people can't do the task at hand which should be driving. How are they not connected? It's not the only reason for autonomous vehicles but certainly a very important one and will be in any discussion on the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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