[Quietcars] Jerry Brown signs driverless car bill

Thu Sep 27 19:49:04 UTC 2012

David,

All you say is true.  However, if the law demands that a licensed driver be
in the car behind the wheel then nothing else matters.

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From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Evans
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:43 PM
To: Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety
Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Jerry Brown signs driverless car bill

Dear All,

You have the wrong idea here.
There will be a automatic shutdown of the car and it will  pull off the side
of the road and park itself  as well as send a call for a repair truck.
There will not be just one computer running the show, but several.
They will need to come to a consensus and the majority will rule and govern
the actions of the car.

A human driver will not be able, in most cases, of taking over in an
emergency.  This could be anything from a flat tire to an engine breakdown. 
The car will handle it all and will need to do so without humans getting in
the way.
The weakest link in the chain is and always will be, the humans.

As all cars of the future will be communicating with each other, wirelessly,
every car on the road, so equipped will know about any issue your car is
having and then react accordingly to stay out of the way.

Most people do not feel comfortable in giving up all control to anyone or
thing, but information shows that the computers can do a better job, faster
and safer than human.
The aircraft of the U.S.Navy have had the ability to land themselves on the
pitching and rolling decks of aircraft carriers, at night, in very bad
weather automatically since the last days of the Vietnam War.
Pilots still do it to keep there skills sharp, but not because they have
too.
I lunching of aircraft, such as the AF 18 Hornet, the pilot must place his,
or her, hands up on the slide rail of the canopy, where the lunch officer
can see them, and off the controls, before the aircraft is catapulted off
the deck.  The aircraft will automatically guide itself for the first 1000
feet and then the pilot can take over from The computers on the aircraft is
the plane till then.
It will take time for humans to trust the machines, but it will come in
time.
Cars don't cause the accidents, the humans at the controls do.

David Evans and GD Jack.

Former Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer Builder of the Lunar Rovers and
the F-117 Stealth Fighter
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To: "'Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Jerry Brown signs driverless car bill

> Thanks for that very interesting article.  As I understand it, the
> technology involved in the Google car is no better, and perhaps nnot as
> good, as the technology involved in the Blind Driver Challenge vehicle.  A
> driverless car will require a means for the person riding in it to 
> exercise
> control.  That interface must be accessible to blind people.  Also, we 
> need
> to have a means of overriding if necessary.
>
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> Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: September 25, 2012 10:26 PM
> To: NFB quietcars
> Subject: [Quietcars] Jerry Brown signs driverless car bill
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>    The latest on California politics and government
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> September 25, 2012
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> Jerry Brown signs driverless car bill
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> MOUNTAIN VIEW - Gov. Jerry Brown, describing Google Inc.'s robot cars as
> "science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality," signed legislation this
> afternoon allowing driverless cars to be tested on public roads.
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> "Today we're looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality: the
> self driving car," the Democratic governor said at a bill signing event at
> Google's headquarters here.
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> Google co-founder Sergey Brin said he could "count on one hand" the number
> of years it might take before driverless technology becomes widely
> available.
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> Google and other supporters of the legislation, Senate Bill 1298, say
> robot-controlled cars could drive more safely and efficiently than people,
> whose errors are responsible for a high percentage of crashes.
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> Nevada enacted similar legislation last year, and the state recently 
> issued
> to Google that state's first license to test autonomous vehicles, 
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> to a legislative analysis.
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> Sen. Alex Padilla, the Southern California Democrat, who authored the
> legislation, Senate Bill 1298, called it a "dream bill," saying it will 
> save
> lives, create jobs, ease congestion and reduce emissions.
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> Opponents of the bill included the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers 
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> Consumer Watchdog. Automakers have raised liability concerns, while 
> Consumer
> Watchdog argued Google's driverless cars should not be allowed on 
> California
> roads until privacy protections are in place.
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> The legislation requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt
> regulations related to the technology by Jan. 1, 2015.
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> Brown, famous for his blue Plymouth sedan when he was governor before, 
> rode
> in the front passenger seat for a test drive today of a robot-controlled
> Toyota Prius.
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> "Only way to go, guys," he told reporters.
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> Later, he was asked to whom a traffic ticket would be issued in the event 
> a
> self-driving car ran a red light.
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> "Whoever owns the car, I would think," Brown said. "But we'll work that 
> out.
> That's going to be the easiest problem to work out."
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> Brin stepped in with a more certain answer.
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> "Self-driving cars," he said, "do not run red lights."
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