An attentive human brain is far more capable than automated systems will be for decades still. I’m amazed that any automaker would be willing to subject itself to the tremendous legal liabilities of producing “self-driving” automobiles. I fear the carnage to come as more and more people abandon on-road alertness due…

Today’s reading is from the Gospel of St. Carlin:

Blind spot monitors bug me. They seem to do ok detecting cars next to you, but if a car is near and coming up to pass, it won’t pick them up and people seem to think, “no light, time to merge” and cut people off because they don’t bother looking at what is in the mirror. Just look to see if the light is on.

Except that it seems this system only creates more inattentive drivers, so that when the system does fail, such as what happened in the article, then shit that would have never occurred before suddenly starts occurring.

Which have seen the highest increase in decades since the introduction of things like lane-assist, auto-braking, adaptive-cruise, etc. Why?

I raised 3. Even if they escaped, their best bet for safety was my focus on the road when driving

I just love those commercials, look at all the safety features, I can drive like an ass and I will still be protected.

I already have blind spot monitors, I call them properly adjusted side mirror and the ability to look around.

Because I don’t see the need for such a system at all. We need to make drivers more attentive and more skilled, not less.

I drove a Subaru with EyeSight for about a year, and between the adaptive cruise control that worked really well, and the lane departure warnings, and the accident avoidance, I actually became a dumber driver. I paid attention far less.

I am quickly becoming convinced that autopilot technology is the worst new automotive feature to be introduced this century. It doesn’t work perfectly, and it’s ideal for people to stop paying attention to the road.

Not a fan of any of these driving aids...self driving, blind spot, lane departure, etc...how about teaching people how to DRIVE?

I always need to post these when we’re discussing Volvo’s automated anything. Perhaps Swedish simplicity is too simple?

Or off the edge of a cliff.

thats covered though, there are the BLIs sensors that I assume would prevent the system from moving over into someone else’s lane. This though, I don’t see a way for the car to know if its safe or not to go into the oncoming lane since front sensor will be preoccupied/blinded with not hitting the stopped car.

So, it doesn’t mention if its a smart enough system to know whether or not its about to steer you into oncoming traffic

Adam Carolla has also said that while the Lambo’s are low production #’s, there’s only 1 Paul Newman 935. He has other Paul Newman race cars, so it makes more sense to him to get it now before it skyrockets in value. And he can always get a Lambo again, since of some there are over 100 of those.

I think the argument is that he will actually race the Newman Porsche, whereas the Miuras were garage queens (one them literally sat inside his home and could be elevatored in and out).

So, bean-counter management then ;)