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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels (www.autoblog.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels::U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors' Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think some sort of joystick would be a great solution. Maybe over 15mph it gets disabled and autopilot takes over to take you to your destination (i.e. Walmart parking lot) and then when it slows down the joystick can be used to direct the car to where you want to park.

I can see a joystick becoming dangerous at high speeds though, which is maybe why they have stuck to steering wheels.

Joysticks don't take much to accidentally push forward or ya k back on, suddenly speeding up or stopping your vehicle, or if a kid or a pet starts misbehaving and knocks it to the side.

[–] wolfpack86 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think a rotary knob will be more intuitive than a joystick. Input is fuctionally the same as a steering wheel, and more likely to require less specialized training and adjustment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With a joystick you can get rid of the gas and brake pedals though, with forward and backward movement. A knob would require the pedals to remain I imagine.

[–] wolfpack86 1 points 1 year ago

Of course. But I think id much prefer steering and acceleration to be decoupled