Dot Proposes Changes To Nhtsa’s 5-star Safety Rating System

[Gizmo]

Much the same theory when someone gets into a car with manual shift....except they'd be lucky to get it going anywhere.

 

[larryboy]

How about when someone moves over into your lane? Will it exercise judgement as to whether to slam on brakes or move over or both? How about debris on the roadway. Very important when driving an Elio and pretty important when driving anything with tires. I can't see how the car can tell the difference between a high tar strip and a piece of a pallet bristling with nails. How about snow and ice on the road. I think real world driving might be a little different than some of the test driving I have seen. Larry

 

[WilliamH]

How about when someone moves over into your lane? Will it exercise judgement as to whether to slam on brakes or move over or both? How about debris on the roadway. Very important when driving an Elio and pretty important when driving anything with tires. I can't see how the car can tell the difference between a high tar strip and a piece of a pallet bristling with nails. How about snow and ice on the road. I think real world driving might be a little different than some of the test driving I have seen. Larry

I'll give you a really terrifying thought.
It will only be as smart as the person who wrote the code that controls it.
Just think..... maybe his last job was writing Microsoft Windows.

 

[floydv]

I'll give you a really terrifying thought.
It will only be as smart as the person who wrote the code that controls it.
Just think..... maybe his last job was writing Microsoft Windows.

So don't drive the car on Tuesdays b/c that's when the manufacturer will push software updates to the car?

 

[Gizmo]

So don't drive the car on Tuesdays b/c that's when the manufacturer will push software updates to the car?

And you'll have to reboot the computer at least every other day to clean out all the trash in memory that the OS doesn't clean out.

 

[BlioKart]

Under the new regulations, not one current production car could get a 5 or 4 star rating.

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