Five Reasons are provided by the U.K. DailyMail on why we won't be seeing autonomous cars take over any time soon.
SNOW AND WEATHER
[...] Heavy snow, rain, fog and sandstorms can obstruct the view of cameras. Light beams sent out by laser sensors can bounce off snowflakes and think they are obstacles.
Radar can see through the weather, but it doesn't show the shape of an object needed for computers to figure out what it is.
[...] PAVEMENT LINES AND CURBS
Across the globe, roadway marking lines are different, or they may not even exist. Lane lines aren't standardized, so vehicles have to learn how to drive differently in each city.
[...] DEALING WITH HUMAN DRIVERS
For many years, autonomous vehicles will have to deal with humans who don't always play by the rules.
[...] LEFT TURNS
Deciding when to turn left in front of oncoming traffic without a green arrow is one of the more difficult tasks for human drivers and one that causes many crashes. Autonomous vehicles have the same trouble.
[...] CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE
The fatal Uber crash near Phoenix last year did more than push the pause button on testing.
It also rattled consumers who someday will be asked to ride in self-driving vehicles.
Surveys taken after the Uber crash showed that drivers are reluctant to give up control to a computer.
I fully intend to spend my twilight years relaxing in relative safety while the car drives me around; I'm gonna be torqued if they take too long.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by sonamchauhan on Tuesday February 05 2019, @11:25AM (2 children)
>> [...] DEALING WITH HUMAN DRIVERS
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[...] DEALING WITH HUMAN AUTHORITIES
- Yielding to emergency vehicles. Including unmarked police cars.
- Executing a police stop.
- Taking verbal and signage direction from authorities and first responders (fire, blizzard, collapsed highway span, detours, etc.)
^Not taking direction from the 'caricature police' guy hitching a ride after the costume ball.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 05 2019, @04:00PM (1 child)
There are many more...
Degradation of the autonomous systems. Sensors stop working, or partially fail. Happens today with electronic parts in cars, it will continue in the future. The systems will need to degrade gracefully and they don't today.
Bad actors interferring with traffic. Sure, the "hackers" threat falls here. But the more likely issues are kids throwing rocks off bridges and other similar every day random things that people react to and are not part of the system's programming.
Expectations. yes, our expectations on what autonomous vehicles should be. There is a view they will be like those depicted in movies. That won't happen for a long, long time. And at some point the public will get frustrated at the lack of progress and their unmet expectations.
Etc.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 05 2019, @05:50PM
Autonomous cars may have a lot of sensor data and possibly even video of kids throwing rocks off bridges, and other bad actors.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.