driverless car gets stuck in concrete

[Just Jack]

I had rented an SUV last summer, I think it was either a Ford Explorer or Expedition.  It had the steering assist, to help keep the vehicle between the lines.  Well, since I was working overnight, I'd be driving on the highway at 3am, and decided to try it out.  Had the cruise set, and would take my hands completely off the wheel just to see how it tracked.  It wasn't too bad, a little nervous when the road would curve, but if you did not put your hands back on the wheel after 30 seconds, it would turn off the cruise control.  Also, if you were approaching an exit where the lane would split, like the link below, it would try to follow the lines to the right, taking you off the highway, when I wanted to stay on. 

 

https://goo.gl/maps/SEw1SKAZcXaPqm9SA

 

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

14 hours ago, WhoTom said:

 

I used to feel that way, but given the way many people drive these days, I'll take a car driven by artificial intelligence over one driven by genuine stupidity.

 

That's funny, and I want to agree... buuut, first I'm accustomed to the stupid things other drivers can and will pull off, a computer can glitch anything imaginable at any moment- no way to anticipate anything as a fellow driver, cyclist or pedestrian.  Second, I don't trust anything from the brainchild of the Silicon Valley super-douches.  A small number of those self-serving weasels are being given carte blanche to experiment on our roads, and with the lives of every person who is in their thoughtless way... and the rest of us are just supposed to go along with it?   Other than (arguably) having a role in bringing medicine and technology together, I can't think of a single thing in life these genii have not made worse, or we couldn't have lived without their stunning advances.  
 

Maybe it'll lead to something better eventually, but I honestly expect a nuclear war due in no small part to AI.   (Hopefully it's just because I liked the movie War Games as a kid,)

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

3 hours ago, Just Jack said:

I had rented an SUV last summer, I think it was either a Ford Explorer or Expedition.  It had the steering assist, to help keep the vehicle between the lines.  Well, since I was working overnight, I'd be driving on the highway at 3am, and decided to try it out.  Had the cruise set, and would take my hands completely off the wheel just to see how it tracked.  It wasn't too bad, a little nervous when the road would curve, but if you did not put your hands back on the wheel after 30 seconds, it would turn off the cruise control.  Also, if you were approaching an exit where the lane would split, like the link below, it would try to follow the lines to the right, taking you off the highway, when I wanted to stay on. 

 

https://goo.gl/maps/SEw1SKAZcXaPqm9SA

 

With my gal having a Subaru, and her friend with a Honda CR-V, I've gotten to learn a bit about two of the cars I fear the most on the roads.  The CR-V has like 6 different displays telling you different angles of how you could be driving more fuel-efficiently. Between staring at all those screens, and trying to do your best on the gas, no wonder they're on my, 'Top Cars Likely to be at the Front of a Problem' list.  

The Subaru has an unwanted assist for just about everything.  In an emergency and need to hit the gas to get around a danger spot- no worries, the Subaru will slam on the brakes for you.   (It eventually realizes you really meant what you're doing, and hopefully hasn't killed you in that moment.) Need to be nudged back into your lane- Subaru's got you covered... until you're flying off a cliffside on a sharper corner... too bad you got too lulled into complacency to realize you actually needed to use the steering wheel.  
 

The lane departure warning is also a handy feature for pissing off your passengers.  We took it on a road trip after she first got it, and of course I'm testing out all the fun stuff.  It probably took about a hundred miles, but she was ready to blow from that lane departure warning chime haha.  That thing's been off ever since.  
 

So if you're ever wondering why some drivers pull some pretty stupid *****, like slamming the brakes for seemingly no reason, it may be the 'ingenious' car.  Again, no thank you on self-driving vehicles, but I guess I don't have a say...