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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels
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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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I wonder if this came from engineering or the marketing department.
I'm getting "Let's do this, and if it fails (which it will), it'll look like we're really confident in our self-drive and are a challenger in the market" vibes.
Even if you have excellent self-drive, there is no logical reason not to have a backup steering wheel just to intervene in case. Tbh, I had no idea they were even in the self-drive market which may be their true problem. No one really knows.
if there’s no one in the driver’s seat to pay attention, then why would you have a wheel to intervene “just in case”?
Has anyone proven a technology for that long and that consistently that it is safe. I've seen quite the contrary and sensible legislators expect a human there in case of issue.I'd expect that for years before a reasonable level ofconfidentce is reached.