Commercial airliners have had autopilots for decades. They are a very useful *tool* but no replacement for judgement, experience and thinking. For the autopilot to be available for use, all the "eyes" and "ears" have to be functioning properly otherwise one of the two pilots up front will have to some actual work! (disclaimer: been there and done that)
I see the same problem with the self driving car thing: all the sensors will have to be functioning properly for the self driving function to be usable. So what happens when one is not? I don't know. I haven't heard anything about them having backup sensors in case a primary sensor malfunctions. If they build one with no steering wheel or pedals then I guess it's just dead in the water. In a surface vehicle you are just a few feet and seconds from disaster.
It costs a lot of money and takes a lot of manpower to keep an airliner in front line condition. I don't see how SDC will be any different and they're finding out now how much it will be. The cars still can't handle inclement weather and it will interesting to see how long the sensors last when they get doused with road salt.
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