[LINK] Google’s Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You

[Glen Turner]

On 28/10/2013, at 10:42 AM, Karl Auer wrote:

> On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 08:26 +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:
>>> "We don’t have to rely on eyewitnesses that can’t act be trusted
>>> as to what happened—we actually have the data,” he said. “The guy
>>> around us wasn’t paying enough attention. The data will set you
> free.”
> 
> And the data would never, ever lie. No computer would ever be suborned
> to the needs or wishes of its venal master. Oh, no. Nup.

The flip side is that drivers lie, all the time, concerning incidents with vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians.

It wouldn't shock me if adding sensor systems to cars was the best thing to happen to cycling in a long time.

-glen