Why is not fair to have more ways to not allow drunk people to drive and depend on having policemen stopping you?
Is your need to drive drunk more important then the life of others?
Let's assume your car won't let you start if drunk, there will be a fail-safe mode, you activate that in case of emergency and start it and drive to a hospital because there is an emergency. In case the car is broken and it is reporting false positive we could have rules so you get compensated for this issue by the people at fault for the false positive.
Your argument is like saying that forcing people to learn to drive is too much.
My point is that the bad drivers problem has more solutions not only a less bad AI autopilot.
My argument is that people should stop and think before asking something like this. If the car is capable to detect drunk people and shut the car down it could do so for any reason the car manufacturer likes, or even worse, the manufacturer could sell access to that system to the NSA, your bank, your insurance, whatever.
Did you really assume I'd like more drunk people driving around?
I accept your concerns, but the problems you have could be solved with laws right, you have laws for medical data, you can make laws for your car data.
The Tesla and the other cars also can track you and send your data to NSA, is there less bad potential for bad things on this automated cars?
Again my point is you can reduce the car accidents with other solutions then the sexy self driving cars solution that is better then a drunk or texting driver but worse then a beginner.
Let's assume we are not in a bad country with bad laws and evil companies and we want to reduce the fatalities in accidents starting next month, can we create some hardware and software that does:
-checks if driver is drunk
-checks if driver is paying attention, not texting, or having a medical problem or sleeping at the wheal
My opinion is that we could implement that, and it would be better then having AI that hits stopped trucks, or that get updated monthly with who knows what new features that could make it worse in some cases.
What I would suggest is to apply the scientific method, create this devices , find some people to use them(give them some tax exceptions or something) then look at the number.
If NSA is a danger in your country then I don't think Tesla has less bad potential, I would fix the NSA problem, like find a way to make them follow the laws and not spy everyone. IF the companies are bad then make laws and not let them track you or sell your data, there are many lives lost so we should try more solutions and not give up because NSA or bad companies.
Until self driving cars are as good as a regular driver then we should not allow them drive because are better then a bad driver.
Edit , I am sorry I accused you of wanting to drive drunk, it was not ok what I said, I read your comment as I don't want some law to add a device in my car to prevent me doing illegal things on public roads, I am also against companies that collect your data, I am just frustrated about the people that want the un-optimal solution of bad self driving cars to the problem of drunk or tired drivers.
Let's assume your car won't let you start if drunk, there will be a fail-safe mode, you activate that in case of emergency and start it and drive to a hospital because there is an emergency. In case the car is broken and it is reporting false positive we could have rules so you get compensated for this issue by the people at fault for the false positive.
Your argument is like saying that forcing people to learn to drive is too much.
My point is that the bad drivers problem has more solutions not only a less bad AI autopilot.