Luminar, a maker of sensor tech for self-driving cars, went public today. The founder, Austin Russell, who started the company when he dropped out of Stanford at 17, is now
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Luminar, a maker of sensor tech for self-driving cars, went public today. The founder, Austin Russell, who started the company when he dropped out of Stanford at 17, is now a billionaire.
In light of the relentless push towards autonomous cars and trucks, I have a few questions/thoughts, which I'm hoping you all can answer and/or add to; as these inventions will seriously affect our driving habits. 1. Will computer-operated cars (COCs) be designed to drive at the speed of traffic, or obey posted limits, whatever they may be? 2. Will COCs only roll in the right lane(s)? Or will they clog the left? 3. Will COCs respond like humans and get out of the way when a vehicle is approaching their rear at a high closing rate, or will they plod along in the lane they're already in? 4. How will COCs handle inclement weather, such as heavy fog, rain, or snow, which has a measurable effect on Lidar and camera imaging? 5. In an accident involving a COC, how will insurance companies handle the blame? Will the COC insurers insist that because their COCs aren't capable of error, that the human driver of the other car must be 100% at fault? 6. How will laser jamming parking assist systems affect Lidar-guided COCs? Hoping for answers and more questions. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk |
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Snow had been an issue but there is new tech that is helping to mitigate it. Please dont ask me for specifics as I am remember articles I had read and who knows how true the sources are. |
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There would have to be way better security on an inter-car network than what is currently on most IT systems. We've all read the articles about the C-level 'wonder-child' that clicked on a phishing link in an email and crashed the entire company network. Might be fun to take a hand-held laser and see if you can jack with the lidar sensor.....
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What happens if I slow down until the autonomous car moves over to pass me and then I speed up until it gets back behind me and then do that repeatedly?
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What happens if I match the speed of the autonomous car exactly while moving over slowly towards it?
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Back in the day when I was drinking HEAVY. I swear my car knew the way home after leaving the bar. Because there was times I woke up in the driveway and don't remember how I got there.
Glad those days are over with.
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How you like to wake up around noon. Hear a motor running. You know that motor sound. Get dress, go down the stairs. Go out to the driveway to your car. It's your car that is running. Plus it's a 4 speed. Go back inside and ask mom and dad why they didn't shut it off. Dad replies that it's not his car. Mom said that it's been running since I came home around 5am. Dad said he figures it will shut off when it runs out of gas.
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See above for my take. I will add though that the full level 5 autonomous COC car with no wheel or pedals no driver input at all is farther away than 10 years simply bc of liability issues, insurance issues, and mass adoption, scrapping of all the old cars, were looking at 20 plus years most likely at least here in the USA. In Europe or China though, they can pass laws that immediately ban non COC cars at any time to force/speed up adoption just l8ke they’ve banned ice cars as of 2030. The problem then becomes all auto manufacturers will quit making POVs bc they want to keep market share and USA is smaller market than China and especially when combined with Europe. |
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What happens when I get a rental car with the $15 insurance and then try to merge into the fast lane with a high speed train of COCs?
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