http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gp...ff-indiana-bridge-cops/ar-AAacOJs?ocid=HPCDHP I can understand having an outdated GPS but SERIOUSLY!? How does this even happen!?
The more and more we rely on technology the less and less we rely on our brains. Like, seriously. You're meant to pay attention to the road when driving...I should think it would be pretty obvious the road was missing.
Social Darwinism at its finest. It's too bad it killed his wife, and not the man too stupid to see a GIANT EFFING ROAD SIGN.
It's something that can happen with GPS. As we all know, this maybe evolving technology, but it's far from perfect. The GPS maybe depending on out of date maps sent to it by the satellite tracking it's signal. It's kinda unlikely, but technological hic-ups are all but impossible. Still all the same, the guy should of known better than to trust a GPS if a road is clearly closed, instruction from a GPS or not.
I'm kinda more impressed that the guy somehow survived a 37 foot fall AND a fireball whilst only sustaining 'non-life threatening injures'.
Well it's not a question of being outdated as much as if the programming acting odd or glitching due to reasons. Truthfully self driving cars maybe cool on paper but they are also frighting due to the ramifications of the machine acting up and killing you. Then again I'm probably over thinking this stuff.
Driverless cars rely on built in sensors as well as gps, iirc, so the sensors should prevent anything like this happening. However, they would inevitably end up in a situation where they'd have to choose between killing their occupant(s) or other road users/pedestrians in the event of an unavoidable accident, which is a bit scary.
The GPS was outdated. It petty explains why it happened. But, there was sign not to cross there. He wasn't even paying attention. It was his fault that his wife is dead. Technology can really mess up your brain. People should focus on the real world these days. :/
I was once on a road trip with my family and our GPS told my dad to drive off the side of a mountain in Oregon. He didn't, but still. These things happen and in the wrong scenarios they can be unfortunately deadly.
...I'm still flabbergasted by this. I don't drive myself (largely because the cost would not be feasible for me) but I'm pretty certain that you are taught explicitly to pay attention to the road yourself and to use your own brain, not be completely reliant on technology. That fact he survived is making me wonder if he was just too stupid to die.
I have a friend who is an engineer. He's part of a team that's developing the firmware for self-driving cars. He's a really good guy. He's been to the movies. He knows what can go wrong. He used to drive me home after school. I guess I trust this stuff because I know him. It might actually prevent a lot of accidents. No reckless or irresponsible drivers making bad decisions. No drunk drivers either. We accept tens of thousands of road deaths a year right now. What if that number is lowered to only a few hundred?
He went to MIT. His first assignment was programming binary load lifters, very similar to robot vacuum cleaners in most respects. That and robot ninja assassins. I asked for a baker's dozen of those, but I'm still waiting on delivery.
Oh hell no. As a bicyclist, I have enough trouble with motorists not paying attention. Now I'm supposed to trust a bunch of ROBOTS?! No. Just no.
