voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
If we had had a rash of AP-related crashes, then the NHTSA would just ban the tech or require changes. Since we haven't, there's no need for changes. We've actually already seen a reduction in crashes.
Exactly.
Even countries with extremely strict driver requirements have nothing even remotely like what the OP and a couple of others have proposed for actively piloting a 3,000 pound guided missile at highway speeds.... a.k.a, driving a modern car on the autobahn.
If I have to get the equivalent of an industry certificate to operate & monitor an AP system and have to re-up my certificate on a regular basis, so that I might tightly monitor the behavior of this autonomous system, then what the hell is the point? I might as well just drive the car.
Just another example of those who love over-regulation and big government.
There is no reason that autonomous systems can't safely navigate a passenger car to and from a destination with no interaction from the passenger.... for that matter the passenger could be drunk or sleeping and the vehicle could make the trip safely.
In the event of a malfunction or crisis the system could bring the vehicle to a safe stop and alert the occupant(s) that some manual action needs to be taken on their part.
Manufacturers have every motivation for making sure this is as close to perfect as possible since they are probably on the hook from a liability perspective if their AP software gets someone killed.