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Driverless Cars Still Require Human Intervention
- by Chuck Martin , Staff Writer, February 13, 2019
Self-driving cars are racking up the miles in test mode but in many cases, the backup drivers in those cars have had to take over.
Autonomous vehicles in California have driven more than 2 million miles during the most recent reporting period, according to the latest disengagement reports submitted to …
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Chuck Martin is Editor of the AI & IoT Daily at MediaPost and writes the daily Connected Thinking column. He is a NY Times Business bestselling author and his latest book is “Digital Transformation 3.0” (The New Business-to-Consumer Connections of The Internet of Things.) He is CEO of Net Future Institute and a frequent keynote speaker internationally. Follow him on Twitter @chuckmartin and contact him at Chuck@MediaPost.com.
Being a driverless car driver has to be a nerve racking job. They are paid to babysit a car that should drive it's self. BUT, because it's just a cluster of plastic circuit boards for brains, it's destined to fail. Meanwhile, the paid driverless driver has to be on the look out for the car doing stupid things and systems failure. In other words he's got to be on his toes even more so than if he was driving the car himself, watching for things like the car turning right and the wheels don't come back to straight position, that guy has to have split second reflexes. Hope the pay is good, speaking of pay..................how much does it cost to E-Quip a vehicle with the circuit boards and sensors??
Good points, Mark.