I wonder how often these guys have the problem I have whenever I drive with lights and sirens (...in GTA), that people try to get out of the way, but sometimes move in unpredictable ways or ways that actually make things worse.

Well yes, you’ll just have your own autonomous car.

On most streets, yes.

Well, one factor that might be pretty small, but is easy to imagine: the death of the second car. I’m guessing that many less people will have a “fun” car once they’re relegated to the track.

I mean like, if it did a really good job...

This is very cool, but doesn’t appeal to me- what’s the point if you still have to pay attention?

Solid reason, but... isn’t this the sort of thing you would work out before accepting the position?

Of course it would be unfair to blame the -gate/-ghazi trend on you and your colleagues, but you certainly do nothing to discourage it or present an alternative!

I can see what you’re saying, but I wouldn’t trade 2 hours a day every day for the sake of a “less stressful” commute. Five or ten minutes? Sure.

Eh... if it already has start-stop (which I hate), then this is just a few extra lines of code. Sure, it’s not a big deal, but why not? I could see it being a useful feature for the once every few months I stall (almost exclusively when parking).

That’s why I’ve kept my stable running, need to provide jobs for the coach-driver, stable boys, blacksmith, wagon builder, etc.

With the “double yellow line problem,” worst case scenario the car decides it can’t cross the line, and it will stop before it reaches the road crew and come to an impasse, big whoop. And clearly, if there were a collision that were going to happen, the car would be programmed to avoid that above all else.

Exactly. Like we’re all perfect arbiters of what’s right and can also act on that within fractions of a second, and have the necessary skill to do so!

The data that currently exists after accidents: some eye witness reports, maybe some “black box data,” MAYBE a dashcam from one angle.

Why would we treat this any differently than mechanical failures of well maintained vehicles driven by humans?

This is great news that automakers are just putting this out there, but isn’t this just a foregone conclusion? I mean I know the legal framework doesn’t exist yet, but who would ever claim responsibility for a vehicle they’re not controlling?

I think the point of the ridiculously tight parking spot demo was just to get pageviews, and demonstrate that those doors are not going to be your limiting factor in fitting in a parking spot. I’m sure the first thing many people say when they see those doors is “those will hit a car parked next to it.”

Sure, I didn’t think of that, but that wouldn’t be a DUI nowadays anyways.

I would not use an autonomous car unless it was capable of legally being the responsible “driver.” Once a car is fully autonomous, it would be preposterous for the owner to have any legal responsibility for its safe driving. If you’re riding on a train drunk and that train crashes on account of nothing you did, do you…

Well, if the accident rate drops down to zero, I don’t see much a reason not to do this! (Apart from common decorum.)