Thursday, May 24, 2018

Driverless
Vehicles
Not Ready for Primetime! 
“Despite their potential to make our roads safer in the long run, consumers have high expectations for safety,” Greg Brannon, AAA’s director of automotive engineering and industry relations, said in a statement. “Our results show that any incident involving an autonomous vehicle is likely to shake consumer trust, which is a critical component to the widespread acceptance of autonomous vehicles.”
DYI:  Driverless cars or small buses will first be used within closed circuit courses that have low traffic density and much lower speed such as Universities, Colleges, hospitals, military bases etc.  This will be a live testing site in order to work the bugs out until moving up to larger buses such as those used in metropolitan cities.  This will not be revolutionary it will be evolutionary moving one step at a time in complexity and safety.  Once driverless vehicles are perceived as substantially safer than with a driver; only then will the growth phase kick into high gear for retail ownership and rental companies.  So far I’ve not come across any institution with working driverless vehicles until that happens these companies are still in the prototype experimental stage.
DYI

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