No self driving vehilces on roads. This is dangerous to everyone on the road not just in the vehicle. Some things are not meant to have machines or software in complete control. These vehicles cause traffic jams and accidents.
If a tractor trailer is self driving and causes an accident or has a software malfunction on the road it will cause an enormous amount of loss to life and property. Tractor trailers are very powerful.
Streets are not a place for testing.
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As of 2022, the global autonomous vehicle market amounted to almost 17,000 units, according to Next Move Strategy Consulting.
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As of 2021, there were approximately 1,400 self-driving cars, trucks, and other vehicles being tested by 80 companies in 36 states in the United States.
Waymo (owned by Alphabet Inc. - Google) has a fleet of nearly 800 self-driving vehicles in California and Phoenix, Arizona, and is the only one collecting fares today.17 incidents involved crashes or fires, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notice dated May 16, 2024.
9 additional incidents were reported by NHTSA on May 24, 2024, which raised concerns about the performance of Waymo’s self-driving vehicles.
-include collisions with stationary and semi-stationary objects including gates and chains, collisions with parked vehicles, and “instances in which the (automated driving system) appeared to disobey traffic safety control devices.”
In addition to the danger these vehicles take jobs from citizens.
We don’t need to go overboard with technology because a company is looking for ways to make money. We don’t need self driving vehicles. It is dangerous.