Self driving in Singapore

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Western Singapore set to become test bed for self-driving vehicles

A self-driving electric vehicle being tested on the road in University Town at the National University of Singapore. All autonomous vehicles will have to display prominent decals and have markings to ensure easy identification by other road users. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
PUBLISHED
OCT 25, 2019, 5:00 AM SGT
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Over 1,000km of roads will be involved gradually; safety to remain top priority
Toh Ting Wei
All of western Singapore will become a test bed for self-driving vehicles as the move towards autonomous mobility goes into overdrive.
This sets the stage for companies to test their autonomous vehicles (AVs) in neighbourhoods such as Bukit Timah, Clementi and Jurong, with the expanded test bed covering more than 1,000km of public roads.
The expansion is expected to take place gradually over the next several years, and public safety will continue to be the top priority, Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary said yesterday.

Public acceptance of self-driving cars is key, Dr Janil said at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress at the Suntec convention centre, and this could be eroded if accidents were to occur.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it decided to expand the test bed as companies wanted the chance to conduct tests "in a wider range of traffic scenarios and road conditions".
"This will support the robust testing of AVs' capabilities to provide inter-town services and longer-haul journeys in a safe manner, and pave the way for the planned pilot deployment of AVs in the early 2020s," it added.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Imagine all the cab/grab drivers who will go out of jobs

We need to vote in Andrew Yang!!

 

[hofmann]

Waymo has clocked 8 million miles as of 2018 of autonomous driving and 5 BILlION simulated miles.

Tesla has clocked in at 1.8 BILLION autonomous miles and 16 BILLION miles in shadow mode (human control but with autonomous software running in background to compare it's response vs human response)

I'm wondering how many miles the local efforts have clocked in, simulated, actual or shadowed.

What's are the metrics the LTA is using to decide on whether autonomous driving is safe? How many disengagements per 1000km will LTA allow in order for a system to be deemed safe or successful? What software safety features will LTA require autonomous vehicles to have before being allowed on public roads?

Will LTA regulate how an autonomy vehicle reacts in an accident avoidance situation? Eg swerve and kill a pedestrians or mandate the vehicle crash head-on into the vehicle in front?

For example, Tesla has the following safety features:
Safety features
The Autopilot can detect a potential front or side collision with another vehicle, bicycle or pedestrian within a distance of 525 feet (160 m), if one is found it sounds a warning. Autopilot has automatic emergency braking that detects objects that may hit the car and applies the brakes. The car may also automatically swerve out of the way to prevent fast moving collisions. Autopilot also can automatically adjust the high/low beam headlights as the nighttime lighting changes or if a car is detected in the high beams.

So little has been revealed by Janil and his ministry of their thinking on autonomous vehicles that it's scary. I am not at all assured they have thought things through and fear for the safety of the citizens of Western Singapore.

 

[searcher1]

Western Singapore set to become test bed for self-driving vehicles

A self-driving electric vehicle being tested on the road in University Town at the National University of Singapore. All autonomous vehicles will have to display prominent decals and have markings to ensure easy identification by other road users. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
PUBLISHED
OCT 25, 2019, 5:00 AM SGT
FACEBOOKWHATSAPPTWITTER

Over 1,000km of roads will be involved gradually; safety to remain top priority
Toh Ting Wei
All of western Singapore will become a test bed for self-driving vehicles as the move towards autonomous mobility goes into overdrive.
This sets the stage for companies to test their autonomous vehicles (AVs) in neighbourhoods such as Bukit Timah, Clementi and Jurong, with the expanded test bed covering more than 1,000km of public roads.
The expansion is expected to take place gradually over the next several years, and public safety will continue to be the top priority, Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary said yesterday.

Public acceptance of self-driving cars is key, Dr Janil said at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress at the Suntec convention centre, and this could be eroded if accidents were to occur.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it decided to expand the test bed as companies wanted the chance to conduct tests "in a wider range of traffic scenarios and road conditions".
"This will support the robust testing of AVs' capabilities to provide inter-town services and longer-haul journeys in a safe manner, and pave the way for the planned pilot deployment of AVs in the early 2020s," it added.

Western Singapore set to become test bed for self-driving vehicles

A self-driving electric vehicle being tested on the road in University Town at the National University of Singapore. All autonomous vehicles will have to display prominent decals and have markings to ensure easy identification by other road users. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
PUBLISHED
OCT 25, 2019, 5:00 AM SGT
FACEBOOKWHATSAPPTWITTER

Over 1,000km of roads will be involved gradually; safety to remain top priority
Toh Ting Wei
All of western Singapore will become a test bed for self-driving vehicles as the move towards autonomous mobility goes into overdrive.
This sets the stage for companies to test their autonomous vehicles (AVs) in neighbourhoods such as Bukit Timah, Clementi and Jurong, with the expanded test bed covering more than 1,000km of public roads.
The expansion is expected to take place gradually over the next several years, and public safety will continue to be the top priority, Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary said yesterday.

Public acceptance of self-driving cars is key, Dr Janil said at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress at the Suntec convention centre, and this could be eroded if accidents were to occur.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it decided to expand the test bed as companies wanted the chance to conduct tests "in a wider range of traffic scenarios and road conditions".
"This will support the robust testing of AVs' capabilities to provide inter-town services and longer-haul journeys in a safe manner, and pave the way for the planned pilot deployment of AVs in the early 2020s," it added.

Autonomous vehicles (AV) is really the future of transportation, to hinder its progress is really not a good sign for our future.

But what will happen to all the current drivers ? Can LTA deploy them to take-over the supervision of the AV charging station nearest to their house. While AV is charging, the people can do inspection on the car, general maintenance .... etc

 

[hofmann]

Autonomous vehicles (AV) is really the future of transportation, to hinder its progress is really not a good sign for our future.

But what will happen to all the current drivers ? Can LTA deploy them to take-over the supervision of the AV charging station nearest to their house. While AV is charging, the people can do inspection on the car, general maintenance .... etc

Yes it's the future, but needs to be thought out carefully by the authorities; the brief statement by janil's team does not inspire confidence. Private Enterprise has already been proven to be selfishly irresponsible in their pursuit of profits.

All the drivers will go onto welfare payments or universal basic income, paid for by a special tax on autonomous technology companies once they are profitable. Without human labour costs, their profits should soar.

 

[searcher1]

Waymo has clocked 8 million miles as of 2018 of autonomous driving and 5 BILlION simulated miles.

Tesla has clocked in at 1.8 BILLION autonomous miles and 16 BILLION miles in shadow mode (human control but with autonomous software running in background to compare it's response vs human response)

I'm wondering how many miles the local efforts have clocked in, simulated, actual or shadowed.

What's are the metrics the LTA is using to decide on whether autonomous driving is safe? How many disengagements per 1000km will LTA allow in order for a system to be deemed safe or successful? What software safety features will LTA require autonomous vehicles to have before being allowed on public roads?

Will LTA regulate how an autonomy vehicle reacts in an accident avoidance situation? Eg swerve and kill a pedestrians or mandate the vehicle crash head-on into the vehicle in front?

For example, Tesla has the following safety features:
Safety features
The Autopilot can detect a potential front or side collision with another vehicle, bicycle or pedestrian within a distance of 525 feet (160 m), if one is found it sounds a warning. Autopilot has automatic emergency braking that detects objects that may hit the car and applies the brakes. The car may also automatically swerve out of the way to prevent fast moving collisions. Autopilot also can automatically adjust the high/low beam headlights as the nighttime lighting changes or if a car is detected in the high beams.

So little has been revealed by Janil and his ministry of their thinking on autonomous vehicles that it's scary. I am not at all assured they have thought things through and fear for the safety of the citizens of Western Singapore.

Please understand these Ministry style of thoughts; Always Profit comes first, the rest is secondary. How can they profit from a situation, how can they impose tax on a new creation. What go green, saving the earth is not in their agenda.

 

[hofmann]

Please understand these Ministry style of thoughts; Always Profit comes first, the rest is secondary. How can they profit from a situation, how can they impose tax on a new creation. What go green, saving the earth is not in their agenda.

Tax on AV would be perfect for funding UBI

 

[Leongsam]

The worst self driving vehicle on earth can still drive better than most sinkies.

Instead of evaluating autonomous vehicles while allowing sinkies to drive they should let the self driving cars ply the streets and re evaluate all sinkie drivers.