Would you buy an autonomous car?

[PatsFan1283]

Yea like you say.

I don't hate driving .

Its just those 6 or 8 hr drives in the middle of the night where this would come in handy.

For things like driving to the grocery store 5 mins from my house I don't see the need.

Yes most of the long trips I'm talking about is interstate hwys.

And I don't mind it pulling over right before the exits for whatever town I'm going to .

If it would just self drive on the interstate that would be good enough for me.

There are trips I take that are pretty much a straight line for 6 to 8 hrs.

Straight line A to B should be here sooner than later.

As far as grocery store, errands, commuting I think you underestimate the value of that being autonomous in the 21st century. In the 20th century you would just sit there and twiddle your thumbs, listen to some music.

Now we have laptops and smartphones with internet access. We have HDTVs we can put in cars, video conferencing, etc. More spectrum will make these devices run as well in the car as at home.

Driving is cool but who would rather drive than do these things? Not many.

Improving and expanding spectrum so that wireless devices can work in unison with one another is going to be key to this entire process. Imagine if a political candidate was talking about that? Probably be hard to not support him....

 

[Acebb]

Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month


Starting later this month, Uber will allow customers in downtown Pittsburgh to summon self-driving cars from their phones, crossing an important milestone that no automotive or technology company has yet achieved. Google, widely regarded as the leader in the field, has been testing its fleet for several years, and Tesla Motors offers Autopilot, essentially a souped-up cruise control that drives the car on the highway. Earlier this week, Ford announced plans for an autonomous ride-sharing service. But none of these companies has yet brought a self-driving car-sharing service to market.
Uber’s Pittsburgh fleet, which will be supervised by humans in the driver’s seat for the time being, consists of specially modified Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles outfitted with dozens of sensors that use cameras, lasers, radar, and GPS receivers. Volvo Cars has so far delivered a handful of vehicles out of a total of 100 due by the end of the year. The two companies signed a pact earlier this year to spend $300 million to develop a fully autonomous car that will be ready for the road by 2021.

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Carnegie Mellon U in Pittsburgh is a hub of the engineering in this field which is one of the reasons why they are doing this here.

 

[Willie99]

no, I'm too picky, probably destined to fail