Rossi Vs Riderless Bike

[fixitsan]

ChrisG that's an interesting point regarding autonomy being safer than a bunch of electronic aids. Maybe if we had 4 decades of using the same driver aids as each other we would learn an adaptive behaviour to master them ?

 

Technology moves so quickly these days, I think a lot of people who are unsure of their driver aids will just look forward to the day they can shed all responsibility

 

I have a car with adaptive cruise control which I absolutely enjoy using, but have found that I rely on the fact that it will brake for me if i happen to be looking at other road features, when the car in front brakes heavily.

 

The IEEE article raises an interesting scenario - what will happen when the autonomous car reaches a red traffic light, but is being waved through by a police officer ? I suppose the human will step in there.

 

As for completely driverless vehicles, look how many motorcycles are stolen.... won't these driverless cars fall victim to witness-less thefts and be scrapped for cash ?

 

There are so many scenarios we cannot think of yet, until they're here, and that's when the real development starts !