Robotic road rage
Recently the
Premier of SA announced his vision of driverless cars cruising the streets and
roads of our State.
It’s certainly a
bold vision, but I wasn’t aware that the technology and more importantly the
required road-side guidance infrastructure was mature enough and ready to be implemented.
Realistically, I don’t
think that we will be seeing driverless cars for 10-15 years.
I could be wrong,
but it won’t be within 5 years.
An interesting
concept is what will happen to road rage?
Will it decline
when the road ragers know that the other car is just a robot?
Or will it escalate
and people pick on the robots?
How will the
robots be programmed to deal with road rage?
I hope the driver-less cars don't get hacked (or get a virus) and become road ragers.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting thought.
DeleteWe all get malware on our home devices from time to time.
I am sure it will happen.
How will insurance companies handle driver-less cars? Will we be covered against malware or a virus that results in an accident?