Australia ‘not ready’ for driverless cars

Australia’s lawmakers need to grapple with complex issues like where fault lies in a car crash and how insurance claims will work with driverless vehicles before automated cars can take to the country’s roads in force, according to the National Transport Commission.

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2 things come to mind concerning driver less vehicles and how they would avoid or go over a tree

1 is a fallen tree scenario on a bend

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-06/near-miss-involving-truck-captured-on-dash-cam/7302578

2 avoid a kangaroo just out of sight in the middle of the lane on a sharp bend

>>2 things come to mind concerning driver less vehicles

Well a driver less vehicle is probably a pedestrian or someone with a current drivers license commuting on a bus or a train.

> 2 avoid a kangaroo just out of sight in the middle of the lane on a sharp bend

That’s easy. Drive slowly.

As for driverless cars, you can get all the 3-D information you need from just two video cameras. No need for fancy and hyper-expensive laser scanning. You can actually get away with just a single video camera, using input from the car’s speed to get accurate 3-D information, though using two video cameras is better for when the car isn’t moving. If the video camera(s) is(are) mounted correctly you get much safer driving with a driverless car than with a nut behind the wheel.

mollwollfumble said:

> 2 avoid a kangaroo just out of sight in the middle of the lane on a sharp bend

That’s easy. Drive slowly.

Doesn’t always work
Naughty words in that link.

Driveless cars will be quite difficult to get used to, mainly from the legal side of things.

mollwollfumble said:

> 2 avoid a kangaroo just out of sight in the middle of the lane on a sharp bend

That’s easy. Drive slowly.

As for driverless cars, you can get all the 3-D information you need from just two video cameras. No need for fancy and hyper-expensive laser scanning. You can actually get away with just a single video camera, using input from the car’s speed to get accurate 3-D information, though using two video cameras is better for when the car isn’t moving. If the video camera(s) is(are) mounted correctly you get much safer driving with a driverless car than with a nut behind the wheel.

I’d be interested to see the statistics for accident rates for diverless cars on real roads which allowed you to reach that conclusion.

mollwollfumble said:

> 2 avoid a kangaroo just out of sight in the middle of the lane on a sharp bend

That’s easy. Drive slowly.

As for driverless cars, you can get all the 3-D information you need from just two video cameras. No need for fancy and hyper-expensive laser scanning. You can actually get away with just a single video camera, using input from the car’s speed to get accurate 3-D information, though using two video cameras is better for when the car isn’t moving. If the video camera(s) is(are) mounted correctly you get much safer driving with a driverless car than with a nut behind the wheel.

Drive slowly: I’ve had kangaroos land on the bonnet as they jump over the car.

As for nuts behind the wheel, they need to be screwed on tight or they are loose nuts.