Looks really good, from both angles.
Looks really good, from both angles.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
Oooops !! Back to the drawing board then
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/0...re-fatal-crash
Disclaimer: I am not an expert.
Not even technology can fix stupid.
What's the point of all this auto drive stuff if you still have to concentrate and correct all the limitations of this (in my opinion never fool proof) technology? It's just a waste of time. If you can't even expect to drive yourself somewhere you may as well just sit in the house and pretend on a computer.
This stuff doesn't make us smarter. It makes us dumber.
They tried for 40 years to make a robot to shear a sheep. The variables even between sheep made it impossible. What chance is there for a robot to conquer a road? Next to none I reckon.
It's like this stupid traction control in my Hilux. If you tow a trailer on a gravel road it all but stops the ute due to wheel spin. You have to put it in 4WD to move. It's just useless in the real world. Plus it chewed out the front disc rotors in 50000km due to its inability to accept that wheel spin on gravel is normal.
This crap might sell vehicles but it really just adds weight and cost.
As for a driverless electric car? No way. Just keeping boffins, marketers and accountants in a job.
There's a statement from Tesla in this link regarding the crash noted above.Originally Posted by davegmh
https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/blog/tragic-loss
Oh well one less stupid human on the planet
The automation will happen and I'm sure once there's more cars using it and some way of the vehicles communicating with each other then it'll be more foolproof. Till then, it'll be a bit of a novelty and still require some user attention.
They tried electronic communication between light vehicles and big trucks in a mine I worked in. They gave the idea away. It was supposed to detect when LV's were I the trucks blind spots (which are huge in big trucks).
It was all disabled when I drove the trucks but apparently it was a failure. Technology will improve no doubt but you can never cover all the variables can you. Even in a mine site where they have almost complete control over where everyone drives.
When the technology fails you then have even more people responsible for the result. I can't see how a company will cover the risks of a driverless car. Who is at fault in an accident? If the car malfunctions and the car driver(??) can't correct the problem in time I would hold the manufacturer responsible.
When big airliners crash there is huge investigations and compulsory updates and repairs by the plane manufacturers. There is no way that with the huge amount of cars on the road that any authority will be able to have a similar ability.
I predict that Tesla will go the way of the DoDo due to litigation.
Found this online and I'm speechless.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert.
Aw... now we have no power left to drive home!
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