03-06-2013, 11:52 AM
Sumpter250 Wrote:I spent the better part of my life, repairing "technology", that " shouldn't have failed ", but it did.
I simply cannot, will not, and do not want "technology" driving my car. I can accept being the victim of my own stupidity.
I cannot accept being the victim of a stupid technological "glitch".
Add to that, as people become less involved with "driving" they WILL become totally involved with "Distraction".
There are far more "Distracted Drivers" now, than there ever were "Drunk Drivers", and in more cases than not the drunks were easier to spot, and avoid.
When technology is "turned on", "powered up", "switched on"......there is always a current surge through every circuit, that stresses each and every component of that "technology". It could fail at start-up, or, and this is the worst scenario, as a result of the repeated stress, could fail at any time.....( like just at the very moment you need it, to avoid a head on collision with something that just fell off the truck in front of you )
Add to that ! The program that "drives the car" will have to have an answer written, for every ( not just the most common ), "What if ? " that could possibly happen, even if the chances of it happening are one in Infinity !! ( like the child playing on the sidewalk, who "suddenly runs out into the street", without any previous warning signs ).
Yes. I could die tomorrow from a collision with some Near Earth Object, crashing through my roof, and changing me into a "grease spot on the living room rug"....That, I can't control.
My car?, at least to some degree I can control that, and, the situations it and I get into. "Can software/firmware do that ? "
Interesting comments. Unfortunately, records show that the failure rate among the "human software" driving cars is unacceptably higher than the AI kind. AI doesn't drive while on the cellphone, or while eating, or doing make-up, or reading, or while drunk.
I - - Do Not - - Think so !!!