Are humans bad drivers compared to robots?

Are humans bad drivers compared to robots?

In short, yes, we are. We like feeling in control of situations, and seem to believe that we have to do things in order to do them right. What we don’t realize is that we are distracted creatures by nature. And please don’t take that as a bad thing – it’s good. Being too focused on something is bad for our survival. It just so happens to also make us more dangerous when we are operating machines that weigh multiple tons.

We are also limited by our biology. We can only see, hear, feel or sense a certain number of things at once. A computer running a multitude of sensors and cameras knows what is going on around you much better than you ever could. These vehicles don’t have blind spots and can also react much faster than you.

Let’s just hope we don’t get any force closes….

The real issue

We suppose the real problem here is that we would like more transparency about what is going on with Google’s autonomous driving testings. We only found out about these accidents until recently, and even now Google is not really giving us all the details behind them.

We understand these accidents were not Google’s systems’ fault, but people are still wary of what’s going on. They need to be able to trust you, before they hand you over their keys. I can bet most people who go through this article not worrying about who’s fault it is. Instead they will go to their friends mentioning that “these Google car thingies are getting in accidents”.