Viral videos have shown police officers struggling to get driverless cars to pull over and robo-taxis being stumped by traffic cones in the US. How can cities clear the roadblocks for a smoother roll-out of autonomous vehicles? SUSS’ Ku Swee Yong and Dr Sheila Conejos weigh in.
Multiple countries and companies are vying for a piece of the multi-trillion-dollar global AV pie, investing time, money and energy towards taking drivers out of vehicles and letting vehicles move autonomously.
On the other hand, detractors point to the faults, and sometimes silly errors, of the artificial intelligence driving these cars, concluding that the technology may never receive widespread adoption.blocked a road in Arizona, United States, and caused a traffic jam after getting confused by traffic cones. The passenger arrived 20 minutes late at his destination.
Other research groups imagined what the transportation landscape in their cities may look like in 2030, 2040 and 2050, when AV usage is expected to grow from 10 per cent to 90 per cent of the transportation mix. The strong focus on safety will result in the biggest benefit that AVs could bring to the land transport network: Saving lives.kill 1.3 million people worldwide. Researchers have estimated that a road transport system with no humans driving under the influence of substances, distractions from mobile phones and entertainment systems, or with fatigue and stress, could reduce traffic fatalities, injuries and damage to vehicles and infrastructure by more than 90 per cent.
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