Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Smart guns - survey... sort of [View all]ExciteBike66
(2,656 posts)"IMHO an autonomous malfunctioning anything needs to restore all basic control to the operator. Doesn't matter if it's a car, gun or web-enabled ice maker. A failure mode use case for a car could be failure at speed on an interstate or other main highway. Having the car suddenly drop from 70 MPH to 30 MPH could kill someone."
No.
1.) If the car suffers the total failure you are imagining, then perhaps the speed governor can take the speed down slowly, or actually react to driver input for the amount of time it takes to pull over safely, fine. However, once the car is slowed to stopped by the human, my proposed "Speed limit" should be safe enough. At least, my proposal would be better than a car that didn't move at all.
2.) If the car suffers a less-than-total failure, then the same thing could be programmed to happen.
Either way, there is no need to allow the car to exceed the speed limit posted on the roadway.
Furthermore, as to guns, if a gun is malfunctioning, I would rather it did NOT allow unrestricted control. However, that is just because it would be in accordance with my overall stance on guns. If one could FORCE their gun to "malfunction", then the problem of criminals stealing other people's guns would still exist.