• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    i can use the steering wheel just fine, and people have been able to for a hundred years.

    People have been bad at it for a hundred years. I’m not saying that people should necessarily be using auto-steering that keeps them in the middle of their lanes, but they should at least be using systems that beep at them when they stray out of their lane.

    The bar for self-driving technology isn’t some amazing perfect computer that never makes a mistake. It’s the average driver. The average driver is bad.

    • KptnAutismus@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      we can do two things (these are not mutually exclusive):

      -take further control away from the drivers and make them dependent on a computer, which can always misunderstand a situation and make the driver responsible for it.

      -educate drivers properly, at least in the US. americans have been historically bad at driving and have also been known to be undereducated.