Self-driving vehicles ?

[vickysue]

I say no thanks, scares the  heck out of me, humans are way  too unpredictable and I  don't understand how they think a machine will predict  what we will do and who knows what the heck  a self-driving vehicle will do. We live where we drive miles and miles to get some where and have idiots on the road all of the time. So I would think they need to do a lot more work on them before ever testing  one. I would never  get in one even if they do have a backup driver in one. When someone else is driving the car we all are not looking  at the road  but off in the distance. Just as a backup would be. So I say again No thanks.

[mgint]

I still like to be in control of my own car too many things can go wrong with computer controlled car

[Skyisbluetoday]

Self driving cars would scare me. The car shouldn't have that much control over the road. I wouldn't think that they would put this kind of car on the road this fast, even if they tested more and more of them. Some of them would still have defaults!   

[demaina]

I'm okay with a car that stops when it senses something that the driver may not know about.  I'm also okay with a car that slightly adjusts your steering if you are leaving your lane unintended.  But yeah, I don't like the idea of a car that just drives on it's own.  There was a test (sorta) that basically posed the question of who should die in these different situations, and that's the thing that we tend to forget about when driving is that we are essentially controlling a device that can kill if not handled properly.

A self driving car would probably say the safer course of action is to hit the dog/cat in the road instead of swerving to avoid it, but most pet lovers would attempt to avoid the animal instead of just running it over.

[debidoo]

I would personally not want one.  I think its craziness - its bad enough watching out for stupid careless drivers much less watching out for people doing lord knows what and letting their cars do the driving for them.  Just my personal opinion

[cathy37]

I don't care for self driving vehicles.  I enjoy driving my own vehicle.  Concerning the accident tho, I understand that she didn't use the crosswalk and she just walked out in front of the car.  I don't think if there was a driver he would have been able to stop.

[Mizzkizz7]

I don't trust self driving cars and prefer not to chance it. 

[Tresbn00]

The Uber car was not completely self driven. There was a human in the passenger seat that could have over ridden the system at any time but wasn't paying attention. Wherever there is the human element there will be room for error. Even if there hadn't have been a human monitoring the self driven car, you still have a pedestrian that was struck. A percentage of every accident is attributed to each party when only non-automated accidents occur-so I am would think that the victim had a part to play in this as well. I am against self driven cars and so-called safety devices. I have made it to the grand old age of fifty plus without wearing seat belts or helmets and really do not see the use on them (actually see them as a hindrance). My wife's brand new car is filled with all kinds of safety devices. One in particular slows the car if you get too close to the car in front of you. In busy traffic this can be dangerous when you try to cut into traffic.

[linsanna]

A self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian who was walking her bicycle in Tempe, Ariz., Sunday night. The incident could be the first pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle.    What is your stand on self driving cars ? I think it's all insanity.  People are just getting to darn lazy is how I see it.

I also heard about this, so sad! I would never get in a self driving car!!! Who really needs a self driving car anyway?

[12amos]

I heard about this incident, it's so sad.  I feel it's too soon for a self driving vehicle.  More research, testing and safe guards need to be put in place before this type of vehicle is put on the road.   

[AnnaKiki]

Yes I agree. This is strange to me although I sometimes think I would like my car to pick me up! I wonder how that works with your insurance or even the law, do you pay more for having the car drive and who gets the ticket!

[Jayce2013]

This is just the beginning! We are in a society that keeps growing and wants everything to be automated...
they are testing these vehicles... and they actually want people to die... that's how they test it.... eventually they will get it right (they already have it all set up)... and they have WAY more then what we see, trust me.

[dwiley11]

we are a long way from me trusting this

[pectacon]

It will probably be commonplace in a few years but right now it seems crazy to me. If they were on some kind of independent track maybe, but just having them totally free on the street among regular cars seems way too dangerous.

[MichelleHW101]

Honestly, I think Americans are the only ones who would need this because we do things other than just drive in the car.  Most highways in Europe don't have speed limits because Europeans get into a car to just drive it.  Just look at the Autobahn.  There is no speed limit which means you can drive as fast as you want and the fatalities/accidents on it are from non-German residence i.e. Americans.  If we followed European standards and just drove our cars, we wouldn't need self-driven cars.  Now that Americans do everything from eating and putting on makeup to playing with their cellphones, they really aren't driving the car anyway.  But personally, I don't trust self-driving cars.  I do like back-up cameras, parallel park assists, lane assists, sudden brake assists, but to actually drive, no.  Things like the fatal accident are never far from my mind because electronics can just die and if software updates to the car (which clearly need to happen) don't include new traffic signs, speed limits  etc. accidents will only continue to increase.