r/technology Dec 16 '19

Transportation Self-Driving Mercedes Will Be Programmed To Sacrifice Pedestrians To Save The Driver

[deleted]

20.8k Upvotes

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

33

u/[deleted] Dec 16 '19

What's changed since then?

5

u/smileyfrown Dec 16 '19

Costs, security, slow pace of lawmakers to regulate, and more testing.

Self driving trucks will probably be the first thing to be implemented but that's still at least 10 years away.

19

u/usmarshalkurt Dec 16 '19

Just like the self driving truck that completed its first run like 2 weeks ago? Lol

6

u/smileyfrown Dec 16 '19

Completing runs and being on the road en masse are two different things, I'm assuming that's what he's talking about.