Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers::undefined

  • Knocturnal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    AI with all those sensors prob drives better than many city drivers I interact daily changing lanes and doing parallel parking.

    • danque@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      And don’t forget the human panic response. One of my primary reasons to only allow ai driving. People that kick on the gas in an emergency situation should not be allowed to drive ever, unless hitting the gas was the right choice of course. But seeing people not stop but hit the gas in a panic is the worst thing to see happening.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Years ago (maybe 2009ish) my mother got rear ended 4-5 times by the same person at a red light. They hit her, and kept accidentally hitting the gas instead of the brake over and over. It probably happens more often than we think… but there will always be people lying to themselves and others that they are good drivers.

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      1 year ago

      California has had several high profile problems with self driving cars. This is going to be a disaster, physically and politically. This is literally just rich people buying a legal defense for hitting pedestrians. There’s going to be outrage the first time it happens and it turns out the driver wasn’t even looking at the road, or was drunk.

      • Knocturnal@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Ofc there are gonna be issues but I kinda asume drunk driver and person who lack observation has lower chance of hitting someone with car that has any kind of assistance. There are prob more times driving assistance helped than caused problem.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Sure, but that shouldn’t absolve them of responsibility. They should still be required to pay attention and apply the brakes or take control if required. These systems do not have a 100 percent safety record. So to say we don’t need the human as a check anymore is bonkers.

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            1 year ago

            It’s a system specifically designed so you don’t have to do that.

            From the article:

            Mercedes-Benz has become the first automaker in the US to receive permits allowing the use of turquoise-colored lights

            The turquoise lights will illuminate when Drive Pilot is engaged. Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot is a Level 3 advanced driving assistance system (ADAS)

            As a Level 3 system, the driver is permitted to take their hands off the wheel, their feet off the pedals, and divert their attention away from the road. […] With Drive Pilot engaged, users are free to browse the Internet or watch videos on the vehicle’s central display.

            The turquoise markers will alert other drivers to the fact that your vehicle is driving itself, so hopefully they won’t be alarmed if they see you doing other things while behind the wheel.