According to this news item, one of the holdups to the wide usage of autonomous cars is a lack of regulations that can be used to certify the control systems: http://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/industry-blogs.php?BlogID=1973
Regulatory challenges
The influence of legislation around the world on the way tests will be performed in future is relatively small. For example, there are as yet no binding standards for driverless cars. This makes it a very complex task to make cars reliably safe for the global market. However, there are of course calls for safety levels, backed up by defined safety standards such as ASIL. They are a pre-requisite for planning reliability for investments in necessary new testing equipment. Crucial for the breakthrough of autonomous driving will be the speed at which global legislation can introduce the appropriate regulations. The sooner this happens, the faster the requirements for validating a completely driverless car can be implemented.
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The same author suggests that the well established V-model for system development, validation and verification might be short-cut in some way to meet aggressive timing requirements -- which sounds like a great recipe for disaster to this AC. Have any SN readers had any involvement in this area?
A general reference on V-models is an interesting read. According to the article, it started at Hughes Aircraft in the 1960s (Los Angeles).
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:00PM (2 children)
Let's ban countryside paintings near roads or on vehicles....
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday May 23 2017, @08:16PM (1 child)
Billboards, too. I find them distracting, especially when they are animated, and especially when they portray moving traffic situations in order to grab attention.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 23 2017, @08:56PM
Just had a cruel imagination.. The driver stops, and wind down the side window. Puts the rocket grenade launcher on the shoulder and aims at the billboard. No more billboard, driver happy and reminded everytime he passes of the good deed ;)
On a serious note. Those billboards must have a power supply. without that they will stop working. Other than that, maybe it's possible to successfully report them for endangering traffic. Or even sue them? especially if they have caused an accident.