[Adamz Ghia]

I was listening to a Star Talk podcast and driverless cars was the episodes topic, and one question put forward was what does the car do if a child steps out into the road and swerving one way means you will miss the child but hit another pedestrian and swerving the other way will harm the driver? We have to program that into the car, how do we make that choice?

One of the guests on that episode worked for an auto company (I think it was Volvo), and he said they were struggling with kangaroos. They couldn’t get the systems to predict and recognise their movements.

My personal view is driverless cars will be great for freeways, and for those in Melbourne it should eliminate the Point Cook Bend choke point, but in city roads and suburban areas we have so far to go technology wise it should not be allowed.