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Old 09-02-2015, 08:27 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/technology/personaltech/google-says-its-not-the-driverless-cars-fault-its-other-drivers.html

“The real problem is that the car is too safe,” said Donald Norman, director of the Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego, who studies autonomous vehicles. “They have to learn to be aggressive in the right amount, and the right amount depends on the culture.”

A major fault with the Google car? I seems it's too safe and law abiding, unlike human drivers.
It's not that it's too safe, it's too timid

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Old 09-02-2015, 08:36 PM
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It's not that it's too safe, it's too timid
I have to assume that the autonomous BMW and VW Jetta will have some lines of code in their software . . .
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I have to assume that the autonomous BMW and VW Jetta will have some lines of code in their software . . .
The Audi will be set to cut someone off whenever possible .

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