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This is the first I've heard of an automaker stating that they will make them available and when they will be available. If anyone knows different, please post it.
When do you think they will be widespread, like say 10% of the total car sales? 50%? When will most vehicles be driverless? When will there be laws prohibiting most use of non-driverless vehicles?
Personally speaking, I do not especially want a driverless car. If I am not going to get the pleasure of driving, I'd rather not have the burden of ownership.
Obviously satellites will be used for navigation but as far as accident avoidance and such I think it's a complex mix of cameras, radar, and other proximity sensing devices. Still, it's an interesting question-if a car crashes as the result of a software bug, etc...is the owner responsible? Is the software company/carmaker responsible?
Obviously satellites will be used for navigation but as far as accident avoidance and such I think it's a complex mix of cameras, radar, and other proximity sensing devices. Still, it's an interesting question-if a car crashes as the result of a software bug, etc...is the owner responsible? Is the software company/carmaker responsible?
I'd say this may change how insurance is written.
I'd think there would be logs the ECM records and that would determine everything from location of each vehicle, streetlights, if the vehicle was put into manual mode at all(if there is one), any system outages, any vehicle outages.
I'm sure if your vehicle malfunctions, you'll still be responsible, but I think it will decrease accidents overall anyways.
I like to drive, so a self-driving car does not appeal to me.
Still, that is the direction the world is going, like it or not. The gen Y'ers generally have little passion for driving, see cars in the same light as washing machines and will raise their kids likewise.
In another 15-20 years drivers will become as rare as manual transmissions today, and will probably thought of as something only old people do... if people are allowed to drive on public streets at all.
Give it another 50 years and drivers will be as rare as horse coachmen. Driving itself is doomed to become just a hobby.
When two driverless cars get into an accident, whose insurance will be responsible?
In an at-fault state, whichever one was at fault. Same as if they were driven manually.
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Originally Posted by Chango
I like to drive, so a self-driving car does not appeal to me.
I like to drive too, but there are times when it's a chore. I'd just as soon let the car do the mundane commuter driving or long-distance interstate travel.
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