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Jerry Schneider  
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 More options May 11 2012, 5:14 pm
From: Jerry Schneider <j...@peak.org>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 14:14:12 -0700
Local: Fri, May 11 2012 5:14 pm
Subject: Re: [t-i] Re: GM's approach to the development of an autonomous car
At 01:29 PM 5/11/2012, you wrote:

>Jerry,
>When I drive around in a car following the gps navigation system I
>love to deviate from its itinerary because it immediately recalculates
>the best route without any protest and you cannot get lost, no matter
>what you do.

You must have a better GPS that I do. Mine gives me what it
calculates is the shortest route which is
sometimes quite undesirable as I prefer a less traveled route as I'm
not in such
a hurry to save 1.5 minutes or less. It doesn't know about detours,
can't read signs, doesn't know
how heavy the traffic is on the selected routes (I don't know what
time of day speeds it uses, day of
week, season or what the weather is doing or is likely to do).

>I  imagine the autonomous car to be as flexible and forgiving.
>You have to realise it is not on a guideway.

I don't think that is a "settled issue" yet.

 
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