Experts Say:
Self-Driving Test Cars Should Be Treated Like Inexperienced Teen Drivers.
As companies test self-driving vehicles in the real world, these tons of steel guided by cameras and sensors and software should be treated more like nervous teen drivers prone to mistakes than the sophisticated technological marvels many imagine them to be, several experts told Consumer Reports. Since an Uber self-driving test vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian last week in Tempe, Ariz., CR has interviewed multiple experts to ask about the safety of test vehicles. They say the software behind pedestrian detection technology for Uber and other companies might not be advanced enough for public roads—even with so-called safety drivers monitoring the systems.
"We think about these technologies as being highly intelligent. They’re not," says Bryan Reimer, Ph.D., associate director of the New England University Transportation Center at MIT. "What are machines doing here? They’re operating on behavior they have learned from us.”
Recommended reforms include 'vision tests' and graduated driver's licenses for cars, and data sharing among companies. In response to Uber's Arizona incident, the self-driving-car pilot program has been suspended in the four cities where it was operating: Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto. Even as Uber and other companies suspended testing, other self-driving technology companies are announcing plans to continue forward.
Full Article by Keith Barry via CR
The Self-Driving Car Industry Shifts Into Overdrive
Potential customers are talking about the progress of autonomous vehicles, and its entire spectrum of capability and safety. The best results aren’t always from the companies with the most money or the most sophisticated marketing campaigns. Bits' Article by Kevin Roose
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Self-Driving Test Cars Should Be Treated Like Inexperienced Teen Drivers.
As companies test self-driving vehicles in the real world, these tons of steel guided by cameras and sensors and software should be treated more like nervous teen drivers prone to mistakes than the sophisticated technological marvels many imagine them to be, several experts told Consumer Reports. Since an Uber self-driving test vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian last week in Tempe, Ariz., CR has interviewed multiple experts to ask about the safety of test vehicles. They say the software behind pedestrian detection technology for Uber and other companies might not be advanced enough for public roads—even with so-called safety drivers monitoring the systems.
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Recommended reforms include 'vision tests' and graduated driver's licenses for cars, and data sharing among companies. In response to Uber's Arizona incident, the self-driving-car pilot program has been suspended in the four cities where it was operating: Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto. Even as Uber and other companies suspended testing, other self-driving technology companies are announcing plans to continue forward.
Full Article by Keith Barry via CR
The Self-Driving Car Industry Shifts Into Overdrive
Potential customers are talking about the progress of autonomous vehicles, and its entire spectrum of capability and safety. The best results aren’t always from the companies with the most money or the most sophisticated marketing campaigns. Bits' Article by Kevin Roose
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