I posted this a long while back and was ridiculed, but I'm going to double down on this.
With all the phantom breaking and bad autopilot decisions I still think it is imperative to have a light indicating the driver is not controlling the vehicle. Yes, Yes I understand that autonomous driving should not require it but my argument is that it's the interaction with other people that make it must. We do many physical gestures to indicate right of way and other communicative actions. The other drivers need to know this is not possible. We have so few cars with this technology, other drivers need to know that this car might do some crazy things like phantom breaking, going into a curb lane, hesitate etc. Every time I use it I'm like damn I can't be seen driving like this, and there's no way to communicate to people that it is not me driving. I then proceed to turn it off.
When we finally get to a point where the majority is autonomous or we can go a year without intervention then we can remove the light. Until then, pedestrians, other drivers and anyone in general should know when the driver is not controlling the vehicle. It should be considered a safety measure.
I've had my say again, does anyone else agree?
With all the phantom breaking and bad autopilot decisions I still think it is imperative to have a light indicating the driver is not controlling the vehicle. Yes, Yes I understand that autonomous driving should not require it but my argument is that it's the interaction with other people that make it must. We do many physical gestures to indicate right of way and other communicative actions. The other drivers need to know this is not possible. We have so few cars with this technology, other drivers need to know that this car might do some crazy things like phantom breaking, going into a curb lane, hesitate etc. Every time I use it I'm like damn I can't be seen driving like this, and there's no way to communicate to people that it is not me driving. I then proceed to turn it off.
When we finally get to a point where the majority is autonomous or we can go a year without intervention then we can remove the light. Until then, pedestrians, other drivers and anyone in general should know when the driver is not controlling the vehicle. It should be considered a safety measure.
I've had my say again, does anyone else agree?