Sentences with phrase «safer than human drivers»

We might have to wait many years for a fully autonomous electric car from GM to hit the dealerships, in part because the technology still has to mature, but also because legislation isn't ready and it's not quite clear yet how fast - or slow - regulators will move on this (if it can be convincingly shown that it saves lives and is safer than human drivers, things might go fast).

Templeton argues that once auto - drive systems are proved much safer than human drivers, it may be downright immoral to let humans drive at all.

He asks, «Will people accept a self - driving car that is safer than a human driver but that requires them to constantly monitor the automation in anticipation of the rare occasions when intervention will be necessary?»

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Additionally, self - driving car technology will be so good that these robotic automobiles will posses driving skills that «will be indistinguishable from humans except that robot drivers will be safer and more predictable than a human driver with less than one year's driving experience.»

Nevertheless, Khosrowshahi remains optimistic about the future of the program, asserting that «ultimately, self - driving cars will be safer than humans,» but that right now, they're more like «student drivers.»

In January, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expected Uber to roll out an autonomous ride - hailing service by mid-2019, but that timeline may be pushed back, as the company will have to provide reassurance that an autonomous ride - hailing service will be safer for passengers and pedestrians than one operated by human drivers.

In 557 words, Tesla sought to counter that alarming photo, using statistics and figures to argue that an artificially intelligent driver is still safer than a human one.

She's confident because her team forecast a future — actually lots of different futures — where self - driving cars hit the road when they were 10, 75 or 90 percent safer than the average human driver.

Since current self - driving safety assurances aren't exactly airtight, Koopman argues that self - driving cars should be held to a way higher standard than human drivers — say, 10 times safer than the average human — before they're given the green light.

For starters, regulators will have to come up with a definition of «safe» — whether that means the machines must drive flawlessly or simply break fewer laws and get into fewer accidents than human drivers do.

It is a relatively safe bet for driverless carmakers to say they will foot the bill for everything from fender benders to violent crashes because semiautonomy is showing that computer drivers are likely safer than human ones.

The driver aid tech is starting to show its age — particularly the brake - based, rather than steering - based, lane departure prevention system — but the QX80 still does a more than adequate job of keeping its human cargo safe.

That frees to text and (not) drive, lets our GPS also be our driver so we never get lost, and can be safer than letting humans take the wheel.

Tesla says that a diesel truck is 20 percent more expensive to run per mile, and that running an Autopilot - powered convoy of Semis is even more economical than transporting cargo by rail, while also being 10 times safer than having the vehicles manned by human drivers.

Since current self - driving safety assurances aren't exactly airtight, Koopman argues that self - driving cars should be held to a way higher standard than human drivers — say, 10 times safer than the average human — before they're given the green light.