Got a car job as far from Pro-Touring as you can get

[ErikLS2]

Latest one, proving no hands, just have to trust me no feet too.

In case you missed it and wanna join the team:
https://jobs.lever.co/cruise

[preston]

I truly can't believe it. I'm not using that as an idiom. I truly can't believe we can make a self driving car negotiate through a city or whatever else.

Makes me think about the old cliche "if we can land a man on the moon..."

If we truly have the technology to build a self driving car then why can't we
(fill in the blank).
Mine would be
- have a real world budget after market ABS system ?

[mdprovee]

The funny thing is it actually comes to a stop at a stop sign, even when no cross traffic. It doesn't roll thru them aka California Stop. They we are suppose to do it. Pretty Cool.

[WILWAXU]

We saw an autonomous Volvo SUV running around Scottsdale while we out at Barrett-Jackson. It was interesting watching the guy in the drivers seat not touch the wheel

[SBDave]

I just started thinking about scenarios like detours, construction zones and narrow streets where two cars can't physically pass each other and how a self driving car would negotiate those. I noticed the self driving car got kinda stuck behind a moving truck in the video and two other cars went around it. Also I'd assume they would be programmed to drive the speed limit on the highway when lots of times traffic is moving around 75mph.

I heard something recently about how so many inventions seem ridiculous to an able bodied person because we don't think about the people they are intended for and they don't show people with disabilities in the advertisements.

This all reminds me of the autonomous off road driving challenge from DARPA over 10 years ago:
http://vision.ucla.edu/papers/jonesFFKWRM06.pdf

[68Cuda]

Most people should not drive.

I can see a not so distant future where most people do not have a driver's license and do not need one to be a passenger in a car that drives itself.

A majority of the Millennials where I work would prefer not to drive. Some of them probably consider car ownership a burden.

[TheJDMan]

Apparently a lot of these Millennials don't have any interest in driving. My neighbors son is 19 or 20 and does not have a DL yet. I just don't understand that mindset. I learned to drive setting on my dads lap when I was 10 or 11 because I was too short to reach the pedals. I personally have no use for a self-driving car but I do agree that is has to be better than some drivers currently out there.

[ErikLS2]

Anyone notice it slowing for the J-walking pedestrian right after the left turn at 0:32?

The video is a cool example of the technology, but sitting in the driver seat when it's trying to decide when to make a left turn really gives you a sense of it.

[CarlC]

Originally Posted by TheJDMan

Apparently a lot of these Millennials don't have any interest in driving. My neighbors son is 19 or 20 and does not have a DL yet. I just don't understand that mindset.

It's the Internet. With on-line gaming many younglings don't have to leave the comfort of their sofa to play with their buds. It's a drawback to go to a friends house since it may mean someone can't game at the same time.

AI driving is coming. Frankly, for work I would not mind a bit on the long trips through Arizona, New Mexico, etc. to hand the reins over if the system was safe. But, like first model year of a new car, I'll wait to let someone else work the bugs out.

[out2kayak]

I can't say that I would ever want one, but I suppose that there will be legislation that makes purchasing one compulsory.

I look at my 2011 4Runner. The map DVD is out of date, but Toyota does not have an update because the vehicle is too old (really -- for a 2011?!).

As well, there are many off camber situations on the road I drive where the stability control (yea, another mandatory government bit of tech) has forced me to go straight though I was in a turn on dry pavement. One time there was a vehicle directly in front of me and I'm still surprised we did not impact.

The sad part is even when I disable stability control, at 15 MPH is automatically is enabled.

Mind you that I've been driving over 30 years and have (knock on wood) never had an accident that I have caused (when I was 16 I was rear ended by a guy driving a '76 Chrysler Cordoba at about 50MPH when he hit me -- I was standing still making a left turn, waiting for traffic to clear).

Hopefully I'll be able to pay for the vehicle and simply remove the crap.