The pilots' confusion in the Asiana 214 crash [1] [2] was likely due to uncertainty about how/if autopilot was managing the airplane, and what the human crew still had responsibility for.
"The difficulty of re-engaging distracted drivers" -
This is the danger that will be faced in driverless cars just like Asiana 214. If the expectation is that drivers must retain full "Situational Awareness", it seems like a lot of the benefits of being "driverless" are lost.
Perhaps it should be called "Assisted Driving" instead under given this expectation.
I can't believe they'd call such a vehicle a "driverless car", when the software simply gives up when there are too many things going on. Seriously, that software problem needs to be solved.
"The difficulty of re-engaging distracted drivers" - This is the danger that will be faced in driverless cars just like Asiana 214. If the expectation is that drivers must retain full "Situational Awareness", it seems like a lot of the benefits of being "driverless" are lost.
Perhaps it should be called "Assisted Driving" instead under given this expectation.
I can't believe they'd call such a vehicle a "driverless car", when the software simply gives up when there are too many things going on. Seriously, that software problem needs to be solved.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214
[2] http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2013/07/13/asiana-crash-t...