> If they had an actual kill switch
I'm unfamiliar - we have these in train cars, did the architects behind driverless techshit not think it was necessary?
I'm unfamiliar - we have these in train cars, did the architects behind driverless techshit not think it was necessary?
And yes, passengers should absolutely be able to bring their vehicle to an immediate stop. It's an "emergency break"! Of course you need an emergency break in an autonomous car! What exact alternative are you proposing for when you're in an AI-operated car hurtling under the chassis of a white truck that it failed to detect in snow conditions?
It seems like an incredibly obvious and basic legislative requirement for self-driving cars to have some kind of immediate manual break for emergencies. I'm kind of shocked that that apparently isn't the case now?
There should be an emergency "pull over and stop gracefully" button.
So even if the vision/pathfinding believes there is nowhere to park and nowhere else to turn, it will still coast to a stop in a way that is not inherently less-safe than a more-normal car running out of gas and stalling on the road.
But GM already has this capability with OnStar. Stolen vehicles can be slowed down then stopped and and disabled remotely.