If a private vehicle that only does self driving in a limited number of locations is not viable, perhaps if it can learn particular very common routes its utility could be hugely improved.
There are probably a very limited number of routes that make up 95% of peoples trips.
Being able to drive those autonomously would probably be a very valuable feature.
Of course that assumes the driver can be easily improved with specific and detailed knowledge of those routes. That's not obvious to me at least.
Yes, these days a lot of teams are trying to make vehicles which can drive fairly arbitrary routes with no or minimal mapping. The challenge is certifying and taking liability for routes you've not really tested directly. As a company, do you want to approve your vehicle driving down a street just because a customer hand-drove down it a few times? Maybe. But it's harder.
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Russell de Silva
Wed, 2025-07-16 13:55
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private vehicle could learn regular routes
If a private vehicle that only does self driving in a limited number of locations is not viable, perhaps if it can learn particular very common routes its utility could be hugely improved.
There are probably a very limited number of routes that make up 95% of peoples trips.
Being able to drive those autonomously would probably be a very valuable feature.
Of course that assumes the driver can be easily improved with specific and detailed knowledge of those routes. That's not obvious to me at least.
brad
Fri, 2025-07-18 12:51
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Learning routes
Yes, these days a lot of teams are trying to make vehicles which can drive fairly arbitrary routes with no or minimal mapping. The challenge is certifying and taking liability for routes you've not really tested directly. As a company, do you want to approve your vehicle driving down a street just because a customer hand-drove down it a few times? Maybe. But it's harder.
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