On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Ben Goren <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 6, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Chris Tromley via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In order to improve traffic safety, self-driving cars don't have to be > perfect; they only have to be better than the average human. I more or less agree with what you're saying - as long as there is still a choice. There are lots of jokes about how everybody thinks they're a highly-skilled driver. But in any population there will be some who are phenomenally more competent than average, and others who at their best are more dangerous behind the wheel than an angry drunk with a gun. Those on the competent side will not take kindly to being stripped of the benefits of their skill and lumped in with the least common denominators. How acceptable this numbers game is depends on where you are on the curve. Maybe this tech will advance to the point where few humans could do better. When that can be demonstrated I'll be a believer. I'm betting this will be one of those technologies that will improve in part as a result lessons learned from tragic outcomes. Many will benefit. A few will pay. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150406/1bb82946/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
