A Problem for Driverless Cars

Kangaroos are proving to be a problem for driverless cars.

It turns out the unusual way that kangaroos move completely throws off the car's animal detection system.

"We've noticed with the kangaroo being in mid-flight ... when it's in the air it actually looks like it's further away, then it lands and it looks closer," Volvo Australia's technical manager David Pickett said.

Because the cars use the ground as a reference point, they become confused by a hopping kangaroo, unable to determine how far away it is.

The dirt roads are also a problem.

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Well - the Kangas were there first - so it is back to the drawing board for the car designers !

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I have no idea why anyone would want a driverless car...

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I believe it's so that you don't actually have to drive yourself.

Possibly, I have got this entirely wrong

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I'd as lief have a chauffeur - especially this one !

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But that's where I'm struggling, why would you not want to? And could you ever trust a car to be completely autonomous without anyone at all overseeing it? I don't think I could.

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Yes I was being slightly facetious but having had a few refresher driving lessons, I def do not want to drive again.

The whole concept of driverless cars sounds pleasant but INSANE.

The slightest computer malfunction and .... DISASTER

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I'm bad enough pressing an imaginary brake pedal when someone else is driving never mind leaving it to a computer. I realise that it must be a top notch computer but I wouldn't want to put my life in its hands.
Plus I enjoy driving.

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I'm with Barry on this. Why on earth would you want a driverless car. There are several alternatives already, take the bus, train or Taxi, and then you won't have to drive them yourself and can be transported by a competent person instead of a cyber being...

Now we've got the internet some people can work from home, and instead of visiting family and friends just skype them so you can avoid the journey [in the car with no driver] altogether. Humans are fast becoming surplus to requirement.......

Humans are a high maintenance commodity. In order to get them to work you have to pay them exorbitant wages, give them regular breaks and holidays, provide washing and toilet facilities, insurance and bend over backwards to make sure you respect their human rights.....The world would be a better place without humans, and it looks like someone is working to that end......

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Yeah, but think on this, you fancy a Duvet Day, so you ring the Boss, "sorry, I can't come in today, the car has a Virus".