http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/opinio...off/index.html

It's funny how Tesla blames humans saying if no humans were driving there would have been no accident.

Humans will make more mistakes than computers.

But no one can ever program a vehicle for all the possibilities that can occur from other drivers.

What if the self-driving car or big rig gets a flat at highway speeds ?

Do the cars pull over if a cop flashes their lights and siren ?

Just my 2 cents. :-)

We spend too much time of our life staring at road

Hi Andy...

Personally, I'm not comfortable with the entire concept (of self driven cars.)

Regards...

"US authorities are investigating the first death potentially caused by self-driving technology."

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36680043

My understanding is that the driver was watching a video on a portable DVD player as he sped to his death.

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...r-harry-potter

The stupid. It burns.

I'd much rather ride home from a club in a self-driving car vs. riding with some impaired buddy driving.

Hi...

What's better than both of those options combined is not being impaired at all.

Regards...

I think this opens a whole legal can of worms. Who is responsible if a self-drive car injures or kills someone? The owner of the car? The manufacturer? The systems programmer?

Does this mean that the urban myth about the RV driver who engaged cruise control and then went into the back to make a cup of coffee may not actually be an urban myth?

It should save the many instead of the driver, and the driver instead of a single pedestrian..It should be the manufacturer's liability for allowing such code if it is faulty. Or it should be the pedestrian(s) liability if they broke the law...I think this controversy is why we should push for self-driving flying cars, so we know atleast there won't be people walking in the air..

I had no idea people were using these things yet. I just don't know if I trust programmers enough to write code that drives my car for me. I'm long teleportation.

The owner*. Caveat emptor.

*Driver.

Was he driving an RV with an "autopilot"?

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/cruise.asp

I think I saw this point discussed on another forum and I think the solution was that the cops would contact the car electronically. Essentially telling the car's computer to pull over when practical.

There is an NZ soapie/sci-fi called "This is not my Life" where everyone got around in driverless cars. Quite interesting until I got bored with the soapie aspect

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405466/

From a programmer's perspective I am fascinated by the thought of driverless cars. Although not too impressed by the data gathering exercise. Just think that, if you have GPS enabled, your every move is being tracked. Why did someone take much longer than usual to cover a certain track? Link into road reports for that area and on it goes...

Why would you want a driverless car in the first place? Driving is one of lifes great pleasures.

As a P.S. I don't beleive A.I. is up to the task yet anyway, forcing this technology on to the public before it is ready borders on recklessness.

I am sure that self driving cars still have to be insured.

So, the insurance company would be responsible.