Hands off driving coming to a Caddilac near you

[Swampman]

General Motors Co. (GM), the largest U.S. automaker, will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can travel on the highway without the driver holding the steering wheel or putting a foot on a pedal.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-0 ... model.html

So what's it gonna do about some old fart napping at 70 mph and not waking up on 95 between here and Florida? This will allow people who shouldn't be driving to get back on the road. Don't know about you, but I don't get all warm and fuzzy about this.

[Swampman]

DUH! That should be Cadillac.

[SHMIV]

This is not the first that I have heard of this. I don't have any links, but a couple of years ago, I was reading about a Prius that Google had outfitted to do the same thing. There was even a video of a blind man sitting in the drivers seat and taking his friends up to the fast food drive through to demonstrate it.

I also read that they are working on driverless big rigs.

I think this is a horrible idea. In a situation like that, a computer glitch could prove fatal.

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[SHMIV]

Another thought. How will the vehicle handle a hydroplane? Icy roads? Will it sense low lying road obstacles, such as "gators" in the road? If so, how will it handle the situation?

GF drove a truck, for a while, that had sensors in the front bumper. When a car would cut her off, the truck would slam on brakes. It would pick up false readings and slam on brakes for no apparent reason, too.

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[MarcSpaz]

I think GM needs to get their recall rate to zero before they try stuff like this. People are dying because of faulty ignitions switches. What can you expect from there autopilot system when they can't get 130 year old switch technology to work?

[Swampman]

GF drove a truck, for a while, that had sensors in the front bumper. When a car would cut her off, the truck would slam on brakes. It would pick up false readings and slam on brakes for no apparent reason, too.

Yeah, I can hear someone screaming about that "woman driver" now!

[whipple]

GF drove a truck, for a while, that had sensors in the front bumper. When a car would cut her off, the truck would slam on brakes. It would pick up false readings and slam on brakes for no apparent reason, too.

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Make / Model? I'd love to know.

[SHMIV]

@Swamp: occasionally, that someone is me, lol.

@Whipple: 2012 International ProStar.

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[M1A4ME]

So, who gets the ticket? The owner/non-driver, or Cadillac?

Who gets sued? The owner/non-driver, or Cadillac?

[Reverenddel]

(sigh) Witnessed an accident this morning because the girl was too busy screwing around with her phone to drive the damned car.

Tired of the Human Species, and it's self-involvement.

[TallEd]

I always wondered how those sensors would work. Motion sensors are one thing, but how would it detect mass? It may soon be possible to shut down a highway by rolling a couple beach balls out into the road...