In just a few years, well-mannered self-driving robotaxis will share the roads with reckless, law-breaking human drivers.

The prospect is causing migraines for the people developing the robotaxis.

A self-driving car would be programmed to drive at the speed limit.

Self-driving cars wouldn't dare cross a double yellow line; humans do it all the time.

And then there are those odd local traffic customs to which humans quicklyadapt.

In Los Angeles and other places, for instance, there's the 'California Stop,' where drivers roll through stop signs if no traffic is crossing.

'It's hard to program in human stupidity or someone who really tries to gamethe technology,' says John Hanson, spokesman for Toyota's autonomous car unit.

Strolls in....

Intel expects fully autonomous cars to collect, process and analyze four terabytes of data in 1 ½ hours of driving, which is the average amount a person spends in a car each day.

That's equal to storing over 1.2 million photos or 2,000 hours of movies.

Such computing power now costs over $100,000 per vehicle.

That's because programmers have to figure out human behavior and local traffic idiosyncrasies.

And teaching a car to use that knowledge will require massive amounts of data and big computing power that is prohibitively expensive at the moment.

'Driverless cars are very rule-based, and they don't understand social graces,' says Missy Cummings, director of Duke University's Humans and Autonomy Lab.

Driving customs and road conditions are dramatically different across the globe, with narrow, congested lanes in European cities, and anarchy in Beijing's giant traffic jams.

In India's capital, New Delhi, luxury cars share poorly marked and congested lanes with bicycles, scooters, trucks, and even an occasional cow or elephant.Then there is the problem of aggressive humans who make dangerous moves such as cutting cars off on freeways or turning left in front of oncoming traffic.

In India, for example, even when lanes are marked, drivers swing from lane to lane without hesitation.

Already there have been isolated cases of human drivers pulling into the path of cars such as Teslas, knowing they will stop because they're equipped with automatic emergency braking.


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Kathy Winter, vice president of automated driving solutions for Intel, is optimistic that the cars will be able to see and think like humans before 2030.

Explorers:
Intel expects fully autonomous cars to collect, process and analyze four terabytes of data in 1 ½ hours of driving, which is the average amount a person spends in a car each day.

That's equal to storing over 1.2 million photos or 2,000 hours of movies.

Such computing power now costs over $100,000 per vehicle.

That's because programmers have to figure out human behavior and local traffic idiosyncrasies.

And teaching a car to use that knowledge will require massive amounts of data and big computing power that is prohibitively expensive at the moment.

'Driverless cars are very rule-based, and they don't understand social graces,' says Missy Cummings, director of Duke University's Humans and Autonomy Lab.

Driving customs and road conditions are dramatically different across the globe, with narrow, congested lanes in European cities, and anarchy in Beijing's giant traffic jams.

In India's capital, New Delhi, luxury cars share poorly marked and congested lanes with bicycles, scooters, trucks, and even an occasional cow or elephant.Then there is the problem of aggressive humans who make dangerous moves such as cutting cars off on freeways or turning left in front of oncoming traffic.

In India, for example, even when lanes are marked, drivers swing from lane to lane without hesitation.

Already there have been isolated cases of human drivers pulling into the path of cars such as Teslas, knowing they will stop because they're equipped with automatic emergency braking.

4TB? These cars can't function here in Nigeria.

Explorers:
Kathy Winter, vice president of automated driving solutions for Intel, is optimistic that the cars will be able to see and think like humans before 2030.

This one is more than WEAK ME!

sureteeboy:

4TB? These cars can't function here in Nigeria.

When they get to 3.99TB NEPA go just take light

Mk i buy land here first

I need me one of these..
I would be taking my rides on rooftops.

Impressive... We should quickly fix our roads to accommodate these vehicles... Then equip FRSC with RPGs... Then we'll be ready to go!

Self driving cars would never fully integrate into the Nigerian transport system.

How many years now:
i)Nigerians are yet to embrace electronic banking.
ii)No good power supply, generators wan tear my ear.
iii)We still have bad roads.
iv)Can the car stop for VIO, Police, Army, FRSC, LASTMA...even LAWMA ?
v)We no kuku get the kind internet connection e need. Banks are still struggling to see good server, which one come remain for motor?

My greatest fear be say, one unfortunate kazeem fit go commot one wire, "oga e no dey do anything, commot am".
The car go enter road dey misbehave.

Human drivers isn't the challenge in Nigeria, e serious pass that one.

PaperLace:
Self driving cars would never fully integrate into the Nigerian transport system.

How many years now:
i)Nigerians are yet to embrace electronic banking.
ii)No good power supply, generators wan scatter my ear.
iii)We still have bad roads.
iv)Can the car stop for VIO, Police, Army, FRSC, LASTMA...even LAWMA ?
v)We no kuku get the kind internet connection e need. Banks are still struggling to see good server, which one come remain for motor?

My greatest fear be say, one unfortunate kazeem fit go commot one wire, "oga e no dey do anything, commot am".
The car go enter road dey misbehave.

Human drivers isn't the challenge in Nigeria, e serious pass that one.

This part got me laughing really hard :: My greatest fear be say, one unfortunate kazeem fit go commot one wire, "oga e no dey do anything, commot am".
The car go enter road dey misbehave.

dumo1:

This part got me laughing really hard :: My greatest fear be say, one unfortunate kazeem fit go commot one wire, "oga e no dey do anything, commot am".
The car go enter road dey misbehave.

That one na just talk o, I doubt anyone would give such a car to Kazeem. Anyone that tries that, should be charged for "attempted mass murder".

Well, Kazeem would most definitely stare at the engine bay _like it's the 8th Wonder of the World.

PaperLace:

That one na just talk o, I doubt anyone would give such a car to Kazeem. Anyone that tries that, should be charged for "attempted mass murder".

Well, Kazeem would most definitely stare at the engine bay _like it's the 8th Wonder of the World.

I concur. like my kazeem mechanic would say "Oyinbo are wizards"

Explorers:


Already there have been isolated cases of human drivers pulling into the path of cars such as Teslas, knowing they will stop because they're equipped with automatic emergency braking.

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sureteeboy:

4TB? These cars can't function here in Nigeria.

The Enehen Junction in Warri as a case study

Wawuuu.!!

Impressive.

Even in the next 10 decades Nigeria won't still be developed - Rogued Nation;

In Rick Ross Voice; "One Nation on the ground"

yes

Don't just go and buy a badly Naija used of these models. E fit drive you enter lagoon .

Fact

From prior test, driverless cars have also had crashes and cases of near fatalities. Besides people have said that the 'feel' of driving beats the process of just sitting in a car and being chauffeured around.

When the car jam Lagos traffic...na that day the tin go start to they malfunction

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Good