Self-driving cars don't have a driver's license to operate on the roads. amirite?

Every "Self Driving" vehicle that is currently being used on the road has to have government permission to operate on the public byways. All the other types of level 2 assisted driving systems (Tesla FSD beta, GM Super Cruise, Ford Blue Cruise... and others) require a licensed driver behind the wheel, prepared to immediately take control.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If I sit behind the wheel of a completely autonomous vehicle, should I need a license?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Only a Level 5 autonomous vehicle would be legal to ride in without a drivers license. The way I feel about it is this - If I felt it was safe enough for me to put my 9 and 10 year old kids in one by themselves to be taken to school, then they are safe to ride in without a license. No Less.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

There still has to be some kind of registration for them before they are allowed on the road, right?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

So far only human drivers need drivers licenses to participate in road traffic. Everything else is constant enough to simply be allowed or disallowed.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's because there is no driver.

by Hazel91 1 year ago

Then why's it on the road?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The drivers license allows a driver to operate, not a vehicle to be operated. That's the registration part of "license and registration please."

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Actual answer: because drivers' licenses are for people. AIs get approved other ways. Fun answer: Why are humans allowed on the road with less than the 20 million cumulative years of driving experience an AI has?

by Fuzzy-Kangaroo9184 1 year ago

Because it's much safer than human drivers.

by Fantastic-Yellow 1 year ago

Neither do electric scooter kids

by Chemical_Employee 1 year ago

Don't worry the States will make sure they get paid in some way or another.

by Emilie78 1 year ago

This implies the potential for laws that will come about to regulate AI. My thinking meat is going brrrrrr but in a fun way

by violettefriesen 1 year ago

These are the worst words I've seen strung together in a long time. Awful, just awful.

by Individual_Boat_493 1 year ago

I'm trying not to fall down The Doom Hole about it

by violettefriesen 1 year ago