Why Don’t We Have Self-Driving Cars Yet?

More companies are trying to bring self-driving cars to the masses than ever before, but a truly autonomous vehicle still doesn’t exist. It’s not clear if, or when, our driverless future will arrive. Where exactly are we with self-driving cars, and when can we expect them to be a part of our daily lives?

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Why Don’t We Have Self-Driving Cars Yet?

[shelarsameer]

From Mumbai: Test these cars on Mumbai roads. All the scenarios will be covered within an hour. No need to wait for 5 years.

[purified.]

Honestly I trust self driving cars more than humans because there are so many reckless and horrible drivers. I do understand people disagreeing with me though.

[laikrodis]

people in 1936: In 2005 we sure will have flying cars
people in 2019: Why dont we have self driving cars

[flecs]

Seems like a lot of tesla hate in this video

[kalrasameer]

They need to be exposed in india, delhi they worked there then they are safe in every scenario

Thanks to all who liked🙂🙂

[angryshoebox]

What I'd like to see in the short term are cars with an emergency self-driving system that can take over if a driver falls asleep at the wheel, for example, and can safely pull the car over to the side of the road and stop. I think that would be doable in a few years.

[georgethompson]

Just imagine when every car accident leads to a $10M lawsuit against the vehicle OEM...

[noahbowie]

Everyone could have a self driving car tomorrow. It just involves getting rid of all normal cars and not letting anybody on or near the roads

[ninjanerdstudent]

Instead of self-driving car technology, I wish the United States would have high-speed rail.

[andypotanin]

Brilliant! Instead of making a self-driving car, keep raising money and saying that you will.

[MAX-ghdi]

When they do a self-driving that can run in India, then I'll put faith in this technology.

[danparish]

I bought a Tesla knowing the self-driving promise is most likely years away.

[jasonpeng]

Why is this employee at navigant research speaking? Navigant is a consulting company, I doubt they have authority to talk about self driving vehicles.

[LeeroyyyyyJenkinssssss]

"Why don't we have self driving cars yet?"
Me: have you been to Miami, bro?

[yosefmacgruber]

Once we reach Level 5, we still have a few more problems to solve. Having the car reliably figure out the maze of where downtown is a good place to park. Under what conditions might the car decide on its own to move and to find itself a better parking space? Perhaps some big truck needs more room to maneuver? Somebody blowing a horn? Some stranger acting a fool or molesting the car?

Also, cars should have at least 3 modes: off, standby, and on. I once had a microwave oven turn on by itself, and since then I really do not trust a computer to be in charge of a high-powered appliance. By placing it on a surge suppressor power strip with a manual off switch, I can know that it can not possibly turn itself on while I am away. How do you know that one day your fully autonomous car will not lose its mind and just drive off by itself? It needs a standby mode so that it can be summoned from an app on your smart-phone. But in off mode, it should require physical presence to switch it into standby or on mode. A software glitch should not allow it to just drive off.

Key control will also have to be smarter. Who exactly is allowed to ride in it, and who is or is not allowed to delegate or to invite friends to ride with them? A self-drive car could easily have a dozen or more authorized users. It probably should be smart enough to notice, Joe has not ridden in this car for the last 5 months. Do you want to revise his authorization status?

[tanlijian]

Car:Where would you like to go?

Me:Hell

Car:On my way!

[alanzom]

The problem with self driving cars is those edge cases in which the intelligence of the computer is just too limited. For example, imagine a signalized intersections in which the traffic lights broke, and there is a cop managing the intersection with hand gestures. A computer just can’t handle such a scenario.

[Aed]

9:29: "Most consumers are never going to own..." Remember when IBM said ...a personal computer

[warvex]

CNBC: Why don’t we have self-driving cars yet?

Tesla: Am I a joke to you?

Also me: ty for everyone who like

[maxpower]

This stuff seemed so obvious even years ago.