When the automobiles are eventually driverless, how would they render aide in case of an accident, or exchange insurance information in an accident? Seems like it is taking technology one step too far.
Similar to On-Star, I’d venture a guess that the software would call emergency responders after an accident, assuming the battery is still connected to power the message. Or they could program a fail safe in the software indicating the call should be made immediately before a crash happens.
Cars will likely exchange information electronically, especially once we make it to Level 4 and 5 of self-driving vehicles. Since cars will have to communicate numerous pieces of data with multiple vehicles simultaneously to be fully autonomous (such as speed, direction, intent to turn at an intersection, etc) it’s reasonable to believe they’d pass along vehicle and insurance information too.
thereby rendering hit-and-run by an unknown vehicle a thing of the past.
Sensational journalism at its best. Every day there are thousands of auto accidents across the nation. Every day people get hurt and every day people die. We have one accident here where nobody died, nobody even got hurt and sounds as though it is the fault of the car with a human driver (who pulled a left hand turn in front of the automated driver) and this is a big story? OK, have your story, after all is said and done and after more of the bugs are worked out, these driverless vehicles will be 10 times safer than human driven vehicles. But there are thousands out there who will never think they are safe despite getting on planes all the time flown by “automatic” pilots.
So Uber’s car was in “self driving mode”, the only witness the police can name says it was the Uber car’s fault, the light the report the Uber techs in the car gave conflicts with previous statements and any witnesses spoken of that claim it was the human drivers fault can not be named in this or any other article on the incident.
The bullshit behind the development of these so -called driverless cars is amazing.
No company has even come up with an AI capable of guiding a car based on audio and visual input alone and every system currently on them can be defeated by cheap devices you can buy on amazon.
When will people wake up an realize this is just another tech scam like solar roadways and hyperloops?!
Justin,
Guess you did not realize that the computer has complete a record and can provide info if the car accelerated to beat the light. Same thing with OnStar. You might need a court order to get the data but it is there.
Living in Arizona and sharing the road with driverless cars every day, I am curious as to how it would work in the snowy north. The vehicles have ugly spinning objects on the top of the car – some have one and some have two. This will be a major hard sell to folks who attach their skis, canoes, bicycles etc to the roof of their cars – the space is already taken.
I wonder if any of the companies creating these driverless cars have given any thought to the use of vehicles by the average family on a driving vacation. Will everyone be required to tow a trailer to take along the stuff that is usually attached to the roof?
How will the driverless vehicle handle towing anything?
Just curious.
It can only be attributed to human error.
When the automobiles are eventually driverless, how would they render aide in case of an accident, or exchange insurance information in an accident? Seems like it is taking technology one step too far.
You’re new to this “thinking” thing aren’t you
Similar to On-Star, I’d venture a guess that the software would call emergency responders after an accident, assuming the battery is still connected to power the message. Or they could program a fail safe in the software indicating the call should be made immediately before a crash happens.
Cars will likely exchange information electronically, especially once we make it to Level 4 and 5 of self-driving vehicles. Since cars will have to communicate numerous pieces of data with multiple vehicles simultaneously to be fully autonomous (such as speed, direction, intent to turn at an intersection, etc) it’s reasonable to believe they’d pass along vehicle and insurance information too.
thereby rendering hit-and-run by an unknown vehicle a thing of the past.
Sensational journalism at its best. Every day there are thousands of auto accidents across the nation. Every day people get hurt and every day people die. We have one accident here where nobody died, nobody even got hurt and sounds as though it is the fault of the car with a human driver (who pulled a left hand turn in front of the automated driver) and this is a big story? OK, have your story, after all is said and done and after more of the bugs are worked out, these driverless vehicles will be 10 times safer than human driven vehicles. But there are thousands out there who will never think they are safe despite getting on planes all the time flown by “automatic” pilots.
I wish I could up vote your comment to infinity. Well said.
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Justin,
Guess you did not realize that the computer has complete a record and can provide info if the car accelerated to beat the light. Same thing with OnStar. You might need a court order to get the data but it is there.
“and other witnesses in the police report did not say that the Uber car was at fault — something the police agreed with.”
Living in Arizona and sharing the road with driverless cars every day, I am curious as to how it would work in the snowy north. The vehicles have ugly spinning objects on the top of the car – some have one and some have two. This will be a major hard sell to folks who attach their skis, canoes, bicycles etc to the roof of their cars – the space is already taken.
I wonder if any of the companies creating these driverless cars have given any thought to the use of vehicles by the average family on a driving vacation. Will everyone be required to tow a trailer to take along the stuff that is usually attached to the roof?
How will the driverless vehicle handle towing anything?
Just curious.
The answer is simple…. driverless skis.