So what's the backup system for a driverless car?

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Aug 18, 2016
9:18:29am

Indy Coug All-American

So what's the backup system for a driverless car?

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Indy Coug

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Big news in autonomous vehicles today

Coog4Life

8/18/16 9:11am

I can't wait for fully autonomous vehicles to be standard.

Caboom

8/18/16 9:15am

Until your car freezes up and gets the equivalent of the blue screen of death

BYUCoug11

8/18/16 9:19am

Can't that scenario you just descripe happen with a car now as well?

Pacino

8/18/16 9:21am

It's not like nobody has thought about that. There are rigorous and formal

cheezedawg

8/18/16 9:25am

Yeah, but they still have a pilot sitting there in case. I know people are

BYUCoug11

8/18/16 9:27am

But even scenarios like that are handled better by autonomous vehicles.

Caboom

8/18/16 9:41am

I'm just not buying that... yet

BYUCoug11

8/18/16 9:56am

I'm not saying that there won't ever be issues. There are issues with every

Caboom

8/18/16 10:08am

I think it'll happen. I just think it's a longer ways off than most think

BYUCoug11

8/18/16 12:16pm

Keep believing that and I hope your right...

8/18/16 10:39am

Seeing the lines on the road isn't very important at all

Coog4Life

8/18/16 11:12am

Also Ford announced yesterday that it will mass produce self-driving cars

BigD Coug

8/18/16 9:16am

So what's the backup system for a driverless car?

Indy Coug

8/18/16 9:18am

the brakes

smokymountainrain

8/18/16 9:19am

Which are activated by?

Indy Coug

8/18/16 9:24am

i hope you're a light sleeper.

smokymountainrain

8/18/16 9:25am

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