Self-driving buses are taking passengers in a UK trial. But don’t call Edinburgh’s new autonomous buses “driverless” — they’re staffed by not just one, but two employees.
: computer-driven buses operating on a real route with real passengers navigating through real traffic.
But until then, passengers could be forgiven for regarding Scotland’s autonomous buses as little more than an impractical gimmick.At a demonstration last week, the bus operator drove the bus as usual until he reached a pre-determined point on Edinburgh’s Forth Road Bridge. A light “ding” noise alerted passengers that the driver, Steven Matthew, had switched on the autopilot.
“The technology I think is brilliant,” Matthew, a 47-year-old operations supervisor, told NBC News. “It stays in the lane, it brakes when it senses other traffic. The only thing you’ve maybe got to worry about is other motorists not knowing what they’re going to do.” Human drivers always “stretch the rules just a little bit so that they can get by and collaborate with each other,” he said. If roads only had autonomous vehicles, the tech would operate almost perfectly and motor vehicle accidents and fatalities would plummet, Murthy added.
Organizers hope the technology will ultimately reduce human error, leading to a decrease in roadway accidents and deaths. And by decreasing the need for human drivers, organizers hope to reduce costs, thereby making bus systems more accessible to smaller towns and cities that currently can’t afford to offer public transportation.
Jim Hutchinson, Fusion’s CEO, said wary passengers should remember the computer’s advantages over human drivers: The autonomous driver does not have to check blind spots, nor does it get distracted. The sensors never blink.
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