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Title: A Self-Driving Car Just Set Off on a Record-Setting Cross-Country Trip
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URL Source: http://sputniknews.com/us/20150323/1019868262.html
Published: Mar 22, 2015
Author: staff
Post Date: 2015-03-22 22:36:42 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 367
Comments: 13

Sputnik... Delphi Automotive is sending its driverless-car across the country in a 3,500-mile trip from San Francisco to New York. It is the longest automated drive ever attempted in North America.

A Google self-driving car goes on a test drive near the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. While these cars promise to be much safer, accidents will be inevitable. How those cars should react when faced with a series of bad, perhaps deadly, options is a field even less developed than the technology itself.

Delphi’s self-driving car will take about 10 days to make the cross-country trip. While the car has already passed long drive runs, Delphi's Chief Technology Officer Jeff Owens said the this trip will be the car's "ultimate test."

"The vehicle will be challenged under a variety of driving conditions from changing weather and terrain to potential road hazards — things that could never truly be testing in a lab," the company’s release says.

A screen inside Delphi's self-driving car showing obstacles around the car The company has said the car has shown itself to be able to navigate 4-way stops, merge onto highways and even maneuver around bicyclists. It has been able to do all of that without a driver, though a drive will be present during the cross-country trip as a safety precaution in case of emergency.

The trip is not just a test to see if the car can make it but will also serve as research.

“The journey will allow Delphi engineers to gather critical data and further advance the company’s active safety technology development in this rapidly growing segment of the auto industry,” Delphi said in the press release. “During the cross-country trek, the vehicle will be challenged under a variety of driving conditions from changing weather and terrain to potential road hazards — things that could never truly be tested in a lab.”

Several companies — including tech giants Google and Apple — are hoping to create the first commercially available driver-less car though, it appears, Delphi may have the most advanced program.

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0) (Edited)

Delphi’s self-driving car will take about 10 days to make the cross-country trip.

LOL

They should rename the song I Can't Drive 35!

The dangers of this technology has yet to rear its head. I'm not sure whether anyone has thought this through that's behind this.

Deer, moving road hazzards, reacting to ice/hydro-planes, psycho drivers, etc. and etc.

IYAM it's merely a matter of time before there's a disastrous occurrence with one of these. I suppose that due to the wealth of distracted driving for a while it'll be a tradeoff.

Sad that it's come to this in our country, but so many people pay no or little attention to their driving while they're behind that wheel that sadly it now makes sense. If people simply drove the way that they should there would be no need for this.

It would eliminate the need for traffic tickets however. I'm wondering if this isn't merely another incandescent lightbulb scenario or pet project for someone.

Katniss  posted on  2015-03-23   10:22:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Katniss (#1)

Deer, moving road hazards, reacting to ice/hydro-planes, psycho drivers,

Black box will make note of each such occurrence and data will be used to instal corrective measures. Microchip circuits less likely to fail than brain circuits.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2015-03-24   0:12:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Tatarewicz (#2)

I can't agree with you there.

My ABS has nearly cost me a couple of accidents that I know I would have avoided much much much better than it had. In fact, my ABS sensor has gone out and there's not a chance on earth that I'm replacing it for that very reason. I can do a better job.

There's no way that a computer can predict the movement of a deer for example, and if the car is going to slow down or break for every f'n animal within its sensors a one-hour trip will take three hours. No thanks.

Those cars will be good for people that drive while texting. And yes, I phrased it that way deliberately. A good many if not most people these days are not driving as their primary activity behind the wheel. Idiot cars will be good for them.

They won't be good for people that take driving seriously and view it as an activity to merely get them from one place to another safely and expediently.

Katniss  posted on  2015-03-24   9:05:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Katniss (#3)

Be good for the aging population,those who fall asleep at the wheel on long drives?

Tatarewicz  posted on  2015-03-25   2:18:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Tatarewicz (#4)

LOL

I suppose. But that's it, sounds like it would be even better for those not paying any attention but pretending that they're driving.

Again, for those that take driving seriously and pay attention to what they're doing and don't render driving to a secondary role while behind the wheel, this can be nothing but an inconvenience and irritant.

Katniss  posted on  2015-03-25   10:53:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Katniss (#5)

Occasionally a vehicle crosses the center line with fatal results. This could very well be the result of a temporary blackout. A driverless car would be good insurance for avoiding dangerous crossovers.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2015-03-25   21:24:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Tatarewicz (#6)

An argument can be made that they'd be good for everyone all the time.

Is that really what we want?

Is it really what serves the purposes of liberty?

Think all the ramifications of that through before responding.

Katniss  posted on  2015-03-25   21:29:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Katniss (#7)

they'd be good for everyone all the time.

Is that really what we want?

Well yes, if it prevents some oncoming turkey from crossing the centerline and into me due to daydreaming, inattention, medical condition or blackout. Had an inexplicable one once in my life; found myself horizontal on the kitchen floor momentarily with no recollection of onset. Driverless car might be programmed so even suiciders could not over-ride it in avoiding a crash.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2015-03-26   22:22:51 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Tatarewicz (#10)

Well, I'll say that this exchange has been interesting.

We gripe about liberty, but then there's "always a good reason" for restricting it by the establishment.

Try to look at the big picture here and consider the grand vision.

Katniss  posted on  2015-03-26   22:59:02 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#12. To: Katniss (#11)

Once driverless cars are programmed to avoid all possible collision situations think of all the money saved by not having to go to body repair shops.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2015-03-27 20:43:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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