vadimax
Flashlight Enthusiast
This is my car. What do you think?
~ Chance
And what's wrong with your car?
BTW, nice surroundings you've got.
This is my car. What do you think?
~ Chance
maybe only after the tech has been out for a few years. maybe. sounds like something that can be hacked though.
thats why i would wait a few years.Years have nothing in common with the issue. Those "autopilots" should be standardized, certified, and regularly inspected on par with same equipment in aviation. Otherwise they are dangerous gadgets so far and no more.
Any work on an aeroplane costs HUGE money though.Years have nothing in common with the issue. Those "autopilots" should be standardized, certified, and regularly inspected on par with same equipment in aviation. Otherwise they are dangerous gadgets so far and no more.
Any work on an aeroplane costs HUGE money though.
Would you really be happy paying £2000+ every 6 months just for an inspection?
I think the problem is far more complex than an aircraft autopilot. If an aircraft autopilot doesn't like the situation, it simply disengages, and aircraft are designed so that they will usually continue to fly for some time with no control inputs from any source. There are no 'safe' failure modes for an automobile auto pilot. Usually the reason for disengaging is a situation that the software cannot deal with, and generally that means immediate action is required to prevent something bad from happening. The most dramatic such failure in recent history was probably Air France 447, where the auto pilot disengaged because of a Pitot tube icing up. The folks on the flight deck were far better at managing the automation that they were at flying the aircraft, and the situation rapidly went from bad to catastrophe. There is an important lesson buried the AF447 accident. Someone has to be available who can take over, and understands how to actually operate the aircraft (or in the case of a self driving vehicle, the vehicle). I.e. in an aircraft at least in theory, there is always a competent human to back up the autopilot. Self Driving vehicles will still require someone in the driver's seat to take over when the software cannot deal with the situation. it may be a very rare event, but with several hundred million vehicles on the road, low probability events happen with surprising frequency. In an aircraft an event that occurs once per million flight hours may never occur in the entire life of an aircraft fleet. In a vehicle that would probably happen several times a day on the roads of North America. It is the management of these rare (and often total unexpected events) that concerns me.Years have nothing in common with the issue. Those "autopilots" should be standardized, certified, and regularly inspected on par with same equipment in aviation. Otherwise they are dangerous gadgets so far and no more.
+1 we have way to many people here now. Traffic is way out of control even on the weekendsCute dog.
I have to admit it would be great not to have to drive in LA anymore!
Of course, it would be pretty cool to exit a tavern, hop into the car, and not have to do anything but say, "Home, James."
~ Chance