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In California, lane splitting is legal and while I don't unless it is miles to my destination and the traffic is stop and go, plenty of others do, routinely.If you ride on some of the freeways, in the #1 lane, sled drivers tend to move over even with no motorcycles present and sort of create a lane splitting lane for lack of a better description. What will the autodriver car do? I figure it would just maintain its position in the center of the lane but what does the car do if it is in lane #2 and a bike comes up from the rear between lane 1 and 2, does it move over toward the right or what?Seeing how the guesstimates are these things will be out and about in a few years its something to think about. I know they are around now but not in any numbers other than small test samples.
While I can't answer the questions you've posed, I think the statement "In California, lane splitting is legal ..." is wrong. Lane splitting is not legal in California, but on the other hand it is not specifically illegal. So, police tend to look the other way if the maneuver is performed safely. There is currently a bill in the state legislature proposing to legalize lane splitting, and if it passes, lane splitting will become lawful.
Dunno , the technology to implement SDCs already exists, is not very expensive and they don't require any skill or training to operate. All of those other contraptions required both new tech and or training . Wasn't all that long ago that washing machines took a serious level of commitment to operate , now , not so much , no one is complaining . Dusty
This has been doing the rounds of various motorcycle forums with those who buy catering packs of foil on a regular basis predicting armageddon. Even if the self driving vehicle doesn't see us I don't think it will be a problem (remembering the sensors see pedestrians stray dogs/cats light poles recognise the difference between stop sings and give way/Yield etc etc ). Why? it will be completely and utterly predictable. It won't forget to cancel indicators try and drink eat and use a phone so driving becomes a subtask.If you want to have a paranoid whinge anyway go ahead!
Self driving cars are imminent. Even if they cost $150,000. What if a taxi company didn't have to pay any drivers, or any of the other costs associated with having an employee.A $150,000 selfdriving car would pay for itself in 2 years. It could work 24 hours a day.Selfdriving city transit busses. Coming to a town near you.
I heard a very interesting discussion awhile back on Radio 4 in the UK re self driving carsIt was a philosophical discussion regarding the algorithms that control them and in the event that something unexpected happens (a child runs in to the road for example) would the car select child or wall and whether or not these would be programmable options for the humans in the car?I'm not sure automated cars will be on our roads too soon
And what wall would that be ? Humans can't react nearly as fast as a computer , unfortunately a child that runs on to any highway that has walls is probably gonna get ran over . Drivers simply aren't quick enough to prevent those types of accidents . Besides , most young folks are already willing to turn over the wheel to a computer , most really don't care about operating a motor vehicle . Dusty
Lane splitting is not illegal. What the proposed law does is make it legal and set limits.
Computers operating vehicles sounds scary but as we know,humans don't exactly operate vehicles very well either.
The google car will be pretty cool once widely implemented.
But there was a time when autos started using roads full of horses......
Fixed that for you.