Originally Posted by
livedarklions
If it's performing lane changes properly, those are required to be signalled, so I don't get the fascination with the turn signal. F
The point is that it's common for people not to use their turn signals, so people like the idea that a car at least would do so, unlike a fair number of human drivers.
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Agan, this won't even function unless the GPS indicates that the vehicle is on a suitable restricted access highways. If there's a child running across one of those, there's no system that can make that child safe.
Right. This particular vehicle, at this particular point in time. Isn't the point of autonomous vehicles, though, that they will eventually be driving themselves everywhere on every type of road? Therefore, it's not exactly inappropriate to discuss where this technology is going.
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
This op has really nothing to do with bicycling in any form. If you're riding a bike in a 70 mph highway lane, these are going to be the least of your problems.
My comments weren't really about bicycling, either, so... But it seemed the thread had evolved into a discussion of autonomous vehicles in general (if it was ever even anything else to begin with).