NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, distracted driver caused fatal crash

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2. WHAT'S THE POINT OF A SELF DRIVING CAR IF YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION WHILE IT'S DRIVING??

The whole rush to self-driving cars has been scaring the bejeesus out of me. I have 28 years experience programming, and 18 of those years were spent designing telemetry, tracking and communications systems for the taxi industry. Before that, I spent 10 years behind the wheel driving in cities for 10-12 hours at a time, dodging the various obstacles in my path.

We're not ready for self-driving cars yet.

Even the really high-tech efforts, like the ones Google has invested in, have years to go before they are ready to unleash on the open streets. They might get it right 95% of the time right now, but that last 5% is why humans have to get licenses to drive.

I'm more interested in much better mass transit and personal (and package) transportation devices for the 'last mile'.