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Absolutely.
I openly welcome assistive (?) technologies, but believe (no matter how automated they get) the person behind the wheel is ultimately responsible for the vehicle.
My experience is that often the fast driver doesn't keep a safe distance in this scenario and this is a danger they're creating unnecessarily. They should slow down, leave reasonable space, and wait until it's safe for the person in front to pull in. The person in front shouldn't be expected to speed up if they're already doing 70. More to the point, if it's a small engine on a hill they probably can't
Or are you speaking from the point of view of someone who gets frustrated and annoyed when a driver who is doing the legal speed limit refuses to get out of your way?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It must just be the ones on the M6 that cause daily hell for thousands of motorists.
We're not there yet, but machines don't text, they don't feel tired, they can't be interrupted by kids, and they won't speed or make stupid decisions. Self driving cars as a mature concept will save thousands of lives per year and free up millions of people to deal with their shit without endangering other drivers
Why do I see so many posts on Facebook about HGV drivers leaving " braking distance" when they don't?
I agree that some limits in some places are are a bit odd, but it's the law. Would you rape someone because they looked a bit racy?
They'd have to be full-on saucy.
But the equivalent wouldn't be that - it would be, burglary is illegal but you do it anyway because you usually won't be caught and mostly people don't get hurt but if anyone gets in your way then you'll not be happy.
Machines have their own set of problems, they break, they shut down, they can be hacked. You're trying to address a problem of bad behaviour of "I'm not speeding so I'm ok" and dreadful policing by replacing it with massive complexity. Yesterday my iPhone turned into a paperweight while I was writing a text, it needed a 'hard reset' according to a shop assistant - it's a good job I was sitting at my kitchen table and not being driven at 70mph on the M25 when my iAuto decides to go dark because it's the wrong phase of moon.
Currently in an accident the fault is assumed that of a driver, unless a mechanical fault can be found. When a self driving vehicle has an accident, who is deemed at fault- the occupants, the manufacturer, the navigation supplier or the last person to service it?
I'm sure it would be cheaper to have better training and more personal responsibility backed up with better policing than the infrastructure and laws to govern self driving cars. It's a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
I've got a scarily (to me at least) fast car and I tend to largely stick quite close to speed limits. You can call it the "Politics of not thinking I'm Emerson-chuffing-Fitipaldi".
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