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Old 04-27-2012, 02:53 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by ocellaris View Post
An off road challenge with no human risk and custom vehicles isn't the same as converting a passenger car to drive itself on public roads in bad conditions. In normal conditions, I am sure computers can drive better than humans.

Bad weather driving is more about making correct decisions than actual driving skill. Often you need to make a decisions on if a washed out road is shallow enough to cross, if a snow bank should or should not be run over, and if that thing flying down the road off the back of a truck is plastic bag (no threat) or something far heavier, etc, etc...

Everything I have seen from Google about their system is clear weather and warm temps. When the system only works in those conditions, it isn't any good for mass adoption. If you think people suck at driving now, imagine how bad they will be when Google is driving the car 95% of the time, then the driver has to put down their makeup and take over when conditions are horrible.
Ever heard of baby steps? They aren't releasing v1.0 to the public tomorrow.
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