rraj2k81
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I agree with you on the need for fully automated/self driving vehicles, as this would significantly improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, handicap, the elderly or even people who have to commute long distances due to their life circumstances and be able to go to work and not be worried about the drive or many other scenarios like this. And I really wish it would come sooner than later.This is definitely true while we're still at L2/L2+. As we progress more toward L4/L5, the vehicles will begin to communicate with one another and mitigate entire situations that humans would induce.
As I said above, I work actively with partners of my company on these types of systems. They are just over the horizon (8-ish years). They will be a completely different paradigm for operating a motor vehicle. Think more like your car will be a people mover. One of the demographics I hear a lot about is enabling the very young/old. If your vehicle is just a people mover, it's probably okay to send your kid to school in it while mom/dad stay at home. Same with aging parents. It might enable some of them to live independently for a little longer.
But unfortunately a fully automated self driving technology will not be complete unless you have a transportation system that is fully integrated with each other, where all the vehicles communicate with each other via a common/standard protocol, communicate with the highway system and local roads to know of constructions, traffic conditions, accidents and importantly when emergency vehicles are on the road, communicate with traffic lights and pedestrian conditions.
I know Volvo and Polestar are working on a network of cars system, where their cars will constantly communicate with each other to evaluate road conditions.
Unfortunately this is not the case right now, as every auto manufacturer does their own version of self driving/autonomous driving and each react differently to different conditions which makes this entire ecosystem very disjointed and frankly unreliable to be fully automated.
Here is a video of what I am talking about. Waymo which has been working on their L4/L5 (?) self driving taxi got completely stuck on the middle of a major intersection when it could not figure how to negotiate a blocked off section of the road due to road construction, and a driver had to be dispatched to drive the car to complete the journey,
Waymo Self Driving Taxi Fumbles In Construction Zone, Blocks Traffic | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #54 - YouTube
Now imagine if an autonomous system that gets lost in the middle of an emergency situation and the driver under full complacency decides to take a nap behind the wheel ?
All I am saying is L4/L5 Autonomy in motor vehicles cannot be fully achieved until there is a fully integrated transportation system, and until then L2 is as high as we can go.
Maybe I am wrong, and in 10 years from now, I will be the one calling a Waymo cab and feeling confident enough to take a nap while it drives me to work.
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