Comments on: Should Your Car Be Driving For You? https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Big Booty https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-55202 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 21:38:46 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-55202 Big Booty, at it again!

Self driving cars, how exciting! The Jetsons are coming to life!

Tesla is doing much in the way of automated controls and real life testing with their autopilot features. It requires drivers to be driving still and is used more of a safety feature to help avoid collisions. Tesla’s autopilot can control cruise control based on cars in front and around it, merge lanes with a tap of a button and even take turns by itself, though Tesla does not encourage drivers to rely on these features to get them around.

There’s loads of testing we need, much like all technology, and maybe there needs to always be an option for manual controls in the event of malfunction, but self-driving cars are great news! As we become a more distracted world, congested freeways, fast highway speeds and busy intersections aren’t always the safest place. If we had computers operating 100% of the time, analyzing the scene thousands of times a second, maybe it could be a much safer driving experience! After all, a computer never has to take a call, calm the crying backseat passengers or check out the attractive passerby.

As far as legal and insurance goes, those are some great mysteries of autonomous vehicles. I love that you address those questions as I hadn’t even thought about insurance! Like with all new technology, we’ll have to learn to grow with it on the legal and insurance side, but it’s a conversation waiting to be had.

As of right now, we’re entering the beta stages of self-driving cars. It’s an exciting time but you’re right, maybe we should be cautious of the potentially dangerous situations that could occur. Cue some punk 16-year-old snap-chatting his new tattoo behind the wheel of an autonomous vehicle.

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-44349 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:32:04 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-44349 In reply to Athur Cook.

You make a good point, that is another issue they will have to figure out. Mother Nature is just something else they will have to deal with. I guess if we did not dream big we would not be where we are today.

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-44348 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:25:59 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-44348 In reply to MKlafter.

Yep it will happen even if we don’t want it too. Just want some more of the bugs worked out before I ride in one.

]]> By: MKlafter https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-44317 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:45:31 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-44317 Of course it will happen. It’s inevitable. Learn from history – go back a hundred years and all the doubters posting here will see themselves as the naysayers put-off by the concepts of automobiles and airplanes. The technology will persevere.

]]> By: Athur Cook https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-44269 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 15:03:34 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-44269 Pie in the sky! We live in the real world where snow, ice, mud, and road junk will all affect the sensors needed to make these robots work. And, understand, these are Robots! Robots need to see their surroundings and evaluate a course of action based on the programing supplied. No matter how advanced the programing, computers, and, hardware, it all comes down to those sensors. Cover them with icy slush, mud, or wack them with flying rocks from a passing truck, then what? All that salt ,spread on the roads, might not be to the liking of electrical connections or Radar Electronics. Yet, every article I read about, on these Robot Cars, fails to address the weakness in these sensors. In a perfect world, they sound great. We all live in the real,dirty, slushy world! But, Dream On!

]]> By: Mindblower https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-44004 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:37:13 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-44004 In reply to Jason Shuffield.

You can find a flaw in anything. I believe in automation, but humans still require the training – in the just in case – automation fails. Having a car do the driving, does not mean we don’t need to know how to drive. Just ask yourself, how many people can drive a manual (stick shift car), Mindblower!

]]> By: Jerry Lafferty https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43981 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 02:08:58 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43981 Not a chance, Way to much room for error. Its bad enough in some places to deal with your average licensed driver that decides to text or talk on the phone or put on makeup in the mirror while trying to drive. I can see a lot of serious accidents coming if this proceeds forward.

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43976 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:36:15 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43976 That is true that Airplanes and Trains are already doing most the work. Still feel that the security needs to be better on all these before I feel safe to have my car drive for me. I guess I have no choice on the Train and Airplanes. Mindblower, you mentioned the self parking feature cars have now. I would hate to see the day that malfunctions on a teenager who has not been taught how to parallel park ;). I guess if we give it time they will work out most of the bugs to make it safer and cheaper.

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43975 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:21:59 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43975 In reply to Marc Thomas.

Thanks Marc I wanted to get people thinking about this…. I agree if you have a cool car why would you want someone else to drive it. Especially a Mustang 😉

]]> By: Jason Shuffield https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43974 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:18:16 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43974 In reply to Craig Geer on Facebook.

Quick and to the point I Like it Craig

]]> By: Mindblower https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43971 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:56:46 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43971 They already have cars that safely park themselves (or park for you). Planes do the bulk of automated flying. Pilots are only required for the take-off and landing (and maybe when there is a glitch). There are fully automated trains, where the human just opens and/or closes the doors.

Yes, I believe cars will be able to safely take passengers on trips. There is still much to do, to see this happening everywhere, and the cost initially will not be cheap.

]]> By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43964 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:58:08 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43964 Interesting article Jason and I’ve often wondered, why have a machine drive a car for you if half the fun is the actual driving?
I mean, if I had a nice shiny Mustang, I wouldn’t let anyone touch it, let alone a machine, if you know what I mean.

]]> By: Craig Geer on Facebook https://davescomputertips.com/should-your-car-be-driving-for-you/#comment-43959 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:00:48 +0000 http://Since%20I%20was%20a%20kid%20I%20have%20always%20dreamed%20of%20replicators,%20teleporters%20and%20self-driving%20cars%20–%20blame%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20would%20never%20have%20thought%20that%20one%20of%20these%20would%20be%20invented%20during%20my%20lifetime.%20I%20guess%20I%20was%20wrong%20because%20for%20many%20years%20some%20big-name%20compan#comment-43959 No.

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