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A very small survey of people of different ages suggests that there are age and gender differences in the acceptance of riding in automated cars. In summary, 2,600 people in the US replied and of them 38% of the men and just 16% of women would be happy to ride in an automated vehicle. About a quarter of respondents said they would feel safe in a driverless car while around two thirds said they would not travel unless there was a driver. No mention was made about their opinions of sharing the road with these massive projectiles when driving themselves in traditional cars.
Source : Driverless cars: Men and women have very different opinions on letting go of the wheel
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @03:40AM
> ABS system in your car is reliable; when was the last time you experienced a software error with those?
Last week, and every time I come to a snow-covered icy patch in a nearby mall, where the road is slightly downhill and then turns. These conditions are common here, all through the winter. The damn brakes make the usual noises (the ABS pulsing pump is working) and the car does not slow down to any useful extent. Luckily this car still has a manual hand brake that will lock the rear wheels and build up a wedge of snow that provides *some* deceleration. Obviously I now approach this spot slowly, and still wind up sliding through it--the sight lines are good enough that I can see if any other cars are going to be there and slow down even more in advance if needed.
The software is defective and when I've discussed with some of the authors (I work in a related auto engineering field) they throw up their hands and say that they haven't yet figured out how to deal with "deform-able surfaces".
How is your autonomous car going to deal with this? My guess is that it puts on the brakes and the ABS has it sliding right off the road.
Another car I use is old enough that it does not have ABS. This situation is easy to deal with -- just lock the wheels (very light brake pedal pressure since the surface is very slick). This builds up wedges of snow in front of *all four wheels* and the car slows down fairly well. Of course with wheels locked, it starts to slide and/or spin. After a second or two, I judge that it's time to release the brakes for a moment, long enough to do a little steering and get back on course. Then lock the wheels again. Repeat. No drama after a little practice.