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Google's Self Driving Electric Car Prototype

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What about emergency steering? (Score: 2, Funny)

by skarjak@pipedot.org on 2014-05-30 12:25 (#1YY)

An emergency stop button is something, but one would think there'd be some steering in case the thing's about to drive you into incoming traffic or some other dangerous situation. I'd rather take public transport than risk my life in this, to be honest.

Re: What about emergency steering? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-30 13:17 (#1Z7)

Public transportation is better in EVERY respect. It's a pity there's a place for these toys. It's one of the failures of contemporary infrastructure (the lack of it).

Re: What about emergency steering? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-30 17:47 (#1ZB)

I envision the two converging in the distant future. Think a massive network of tracks instead of roads. The vehicle only needs to make a decision at junctions, and then has a limited number of paths. You only need to really be worried about what is on the track in front of you, and that is much simpler to do in a safe and redundant manner.

Re: What about emergency steering? (Score: 1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-30 19:14 (#1ZD)

So, the world as pilotless Disney monorail? I can dig it.

I hope they use JonnyCab from the original Total Recall in these Googlebots.

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