I do nooooot trust self-driving cars in current state. I work in software, and one of the primary rules is that everyone else's amazing projects are made by people just as confused and deadline-harassed as us.
They may well have less fatalities under normal operating conditions, but until some regulation is present about /securing/ them, there's no reason people will. There were some great proof-of-concept attacks recently about not only locking the doors so that an occupant can't escape, but even up to the point of full remote control.
I live in a mountainous area with frequent things that will mess with automated cars. - dust and ice storms - snow concealing road markings and signs - icy roads making normal braking choices a bad, BAD idea - large herd animals - dirt roads without markings
When an automated car can handle all of those /and/ have a reasonable probability of not being turned into the newest node of someone's botnet, I will be comfortable using them, and not before.
...and I'll probably still miss controlling my car, because learning to drive has made me into a terrible passenger. /s
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Date: 2018-03-23 03:27 pm (UTC)They may well have less fatalities under normal operating conditions, but until some regulation is present about /securing/ them, there's no reason people will. There were some great proof-of-concept attacks recently about not only locking the doors so that an occupant can't escape, but even up to the point of full remote control.
I live in a mountainous area with frequent things that will mess with automated cars.
- dust and ice storms
- snow concealing road markings and signs
- icy roads making normal braking choices a bad, BAD idea
- large herd animals
- dirt roads without markings
When an automated car can handle all of those /and/ have a reasonable probability of not being turned into the newest node of someone's botnet, I will be comfortable using them, and not before.
...and I'll probably still miss controlling my car, because learning to drive has made me into a terrible passenger. /s