Re: DARPA Grand Challenge


Curt Welch wrote:
> "feedbackdroids" <feedbackdroids@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > If you don't agree with that let me ask you: Would you drive your
> > > car in the same road where one of these machines is running?
> >
> > Apparently some cars passed others during the race without collision.
>
> We face large risks from drunk drivers, people falling asleep at the wheel,
> or just not paying enough attention when they are distracted by their cell
> phones or radios or CD players or iPods. Machines don't have to be very
> good before their mistakes become less risky to us than the mistakes made
> by humans.
>


I think beagle needs to accept the fact the race was run, and 5
vehciles finished the course. At least 12 vehicles went 20+ miles.
That's pretty remarkable.

In the town I live in, the drivers are about nuts to start with. 25% of
students, and many are plain careless. Every other day here I see
pedestrians almost run down at intersections. And of course, the
students are always darting across the street in front of cars. 40,000
or so people die in the US in traffic accidents each year. Chances of
being in a traffic accident are supposedly 4X higher for cell phone
users. Distraction.

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Actually, rather than having the computers taking over auto control
completely, just having a bunch of intelligent sensors and warning
systems would be a huge help. How many people drive over kids playing
in driveways every year, or just fail to see someone? These huge SUVs
people drive today have very poor rearward visibility. They also block
the view for everyone else around them too. On and on.





> One huge advantage the machines will have is sensors all over the car, and
> better sensors than our eyes and ears. It will be like having 6 eyes
> watching in all directions at the same time. At some level of technology,
> it will seem stupid to us that we actually trusted humans to operate
> machines as dangerous as cars on public roads. If we see a human driving a
> car, we will grab our children and run away in fear just as we would do
> today if we saw a guy walking down a suburban street with a gun in their
> hand.
>
> --
> Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
> curt@xxxxxxxx http://NewsReader.Com/

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