On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 10:00 +1000, David wrote: > What actually is the benefit of an automated vehicle where the driver > has to closely monitor every action of the computer? Having to > continually worry whether the computer was applying enough braking or > acceleration, or whether it had "noticed" this or that, seems much > less relaxing than simply driving.
You are describing what it feels like to accompany a learner driver :-) If I am a front-seat passenger in a car where someone else is driving competently, I find my situational awareness engages quite naturally and without stress. I envisage monitoring a self-driving car to be not unlike that state. I suspect monitoring a self-driving cars feel more like accompanying someone with gaps in their experience. In those situations, you will pay greater attention. > And if there is an accident, to what extent am I legally responsible > because I failed to correctly anticipate what was going on in the > computer at the time? How would my comprehensive and third-party- > personal insurance companies react? Very interesting question. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: 8D08 9CAA 649A AFEF E862 062A 2E97 42D4 A2A0 616D Old fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
