After the dust settled it was found that the person who was in the car and was supposed to be monitoring everything was looking down and texting when the accident happened. Video feed showed this clearly.

This is a pilot test delivery vehicle but has NO human on board. So far only allowed in one zip code from one grocery company. The person getting a delivery has a code to unlock the hatch and take the groceries. Not sure how long it will be before one of these is hijacked.

deadeyedick wrote:

Wouldn't that still mean the self driven car did not stop on it's own when coming up on a pedestrian? I only remember the headlines, never looked further into it.

I am sorry but replacing a human on an assembly line is one thing, replacing a human for everything is another. Not a fan at all and would love to see laws against this kind of stuff before we become the country that the movie Idiocracy depicts. Everyone relying on a computer to do everything and the largest company providing everything while we all become gradually dumber.

I actually think the comment about a self driven car bomb was interesting. I would bet that nobody has even thought about that situation and how to control something like that, too busy counting their profits at all costs.

shaun341 wrote:

I'm in no way defending self-driving cars but it was also found that the auto braking on that car was disabled at the time.

When anything can be hacked a car can be used for any purpose the hacker wants. This has already been demonstrated.

deadeyedick wrote:

We have autonomous cars all over the place here in South Carolina. They contain idiot drivers on their cellphones. They are easy to spot sitting in front of a green light with a line of frustrated human drivers behind, in ditches, on top of pedestrians and going down the road swerving and jerking as the human takes back control occasionally.

Gene363 wrote:

Yeah... Likely. Or a counter protester who wants to drive his car into an anti Confederate statue protest but doesn't want to get his hands dirty....

I can guarantee you one thing. Regardless of politics... It's going to be a white male. That's almost a certainty.

victor809 wrote: