Comments on: Would Autonomous Cars Change the Urban Landscape? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/10/would-autonomous-cars-change-the-urban-landscape/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: chira http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/10/would-autonomous-cars-change-the-urban-landscape/#comment-64599 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:50:33 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-64599 Unless EVERYONE used autonomous/robot vehicles, there would still be crashes — beyond those emanating from computer software malfunctions. I don’t see any gain in this concept, honestly.

]]> By: Tom L http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/10/would-autonomous-cars-change-the-urban-landscape/#comment-64557 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:47:06 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-64557 Like drivers are. The NHTSA estimates that 37,313 people were killed in car crashes in 2008

]]> By: chira http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/10/would-autonomous-cars-change-the-urban-landscape/#comment-64545 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:52:20 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-64545 A passenger in a taxi/bus/train/streetcar has zero liability in case of accidents and damage. I don’t trust “computers” to drive correctly. Period. Since I work on a computer every day, I well know the glitches, worms, crashes, and craziness that any computer can experience, to my frustration and detriment of patience. Now you want me to put my life in the hands of this computer that can’t even operate properly and correctly sitting here on my little desk? GOOGLE is not perfect, and never will be.

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/10/would-autonomous-cars-change-the-urban-landscape/#comment-64524 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:54:15 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-64524 Not sure about that. In one sense, the liability issues may be easier to deal with. Now, drivers/peds/cyclists are at risk of being hit by an uninsured motorist. Unless you have coverage for that — which in most cases is a small policy anyway — you get absolutely nothing as compensation for injuries/property damage.

Now, replace all that with cars running on Google software. Google, unlike an uninsured driver, has many billions of dollars. It has money to pay your claim. There is also no issue of driver fault to deal with. If the car malfunctioned, it has to be the robot’s (read: Google’s) fault. So what defense would Google have?

]]> By: Cubalibre http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/10/10/would-autonomous-cars-change-the-urban-landscape/#comment-64507 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:04:44 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-64507 For the humour-impaired: the above was strictly tongue-in-cheek. I have a long-running joke on this board about flying cars.

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