It had to happen

[Twelvefret]

I actually enjoy driving. First a bicycle and later motorized two wheelers followed by automobiles. They are a source of tinkering with something to get you somewhere. I do understand that many or most may not see it this way.

 

[p.b]

Undoubtedly self driving cars will keep on improving. The day will come when the vast majority of car owners will use this feature all the time and another skill set is lost to humans through automation. What happens when this wonderful automated technology fails?

Bob

I bet this wonderful automated technology fails far less frequently than humans fail - today. Many humans shouldn’t even have a license. However, there’s still that 0.01% of time that a human knows what to do that the autonomous car doesn’t.

 

[R181]

I bet this wonderful automated technology fails far less frequently than humans fail - today. Many humans shouldn’t even have a license. However, there’s still that 0.01% of time that a human knows what to do that the autonomous car doesn’t.

A bit of yes and no to that. Here you have to have driver training before even going for your road test and exam writing. then you are on graduated licencing with severe restrictions at first and gradually more liberal levels after approvals. On the face of it that should ensure well trained drivers in the long run.

That said, with growing use of this wonderful AI technology, one has to wonder about the need for humans at all in the future. Amazon just announced the layoff of 16,000 workers in favour of AI automation. Scary thought for the future.

Bob

 

[Vacumatic]

A bit of yes and no to that. Here you have to have driver training before even going for your road test and exam writing. then you are on graduated licencing with severe restrictions at first and gradually more liberal levels after approvals. On the face of it that should ensure well trained drivers in the long run.

That said, with growing use of this wonderful AI technology, one has to wonder about the need for humans at all in the future. Amazon just announced the layoff of 16,000 workers in favour of AI automation. Scary thought for the future.

Bob

I can see graduated licences coming here for 17-24 year olds with no driving at night, no passengers, zero alcohol for a breathalyser tests and perhaps more.

 

[R181]

Keep in mind that each Province/Territory here has it's own regulations on driver licensing and they can vary greatly. This is an example from BC of a car being totally at fault and the dump truck driver being lucky to be alive. Granted that it is not the greatest exit type from a rest stop having no merge lane to exit onto and that is where the car driver exiting should have shown far better judgement in timing when to pull out. I wonder if automated AI driving systems could have handled it better. It is scary out there and you should drive like your life and others depend on it because it does.

Dump truck accident sparks calls for awareness and change | Watch

Bob