Training Drivers for the Self-Driving Era
This week Fordd brought Quantum Signal under its corporate wing. Why is this significant? QS is probably the world’s premiere remote control entity world wide. So... it seemed. That Ford is ramping up to have a number of vehicles capable of being operated from remote locations.s.
For people with disabilities , this is a big step forward. It means that in order to participate in the new transportation options, a person may not need an operator’s license and still be able to travel independently. A person could. Buy a self-driving car and someone from a remote. Location could guide the vehicle if needed when by chance the self-driving features had a glitch.
This brings two questions forward. What will getting a driver’s. License look like in the near future? Will people. With disabilities need to be able to decide when remote driving takes over completely and have to have knowledge. On what todo in case of emergency disruptions in their routes? Will there need to be new driver’s strainingg training? In a world where the featureas of cars will become different? When will that training begin? Who will train the trainers? Who will write the. Materials and what state agencies will need to get up to speed? These are not only. Important questions...they are urgent ones as people with disabilities have waited long enough, the technology is here, and more is coming.
Right now congress (the US Congress is considering national self-driving legislation and these. Are some of the elements that might be included.
Self-driving is coming (and already here to a certain extent) so there needs to be some urgency and activists and advocates need to make sure inclusion and access. Are part of the mmuch-needed. Government guidance.
What are some other rules that may make sense? That will be the subject for the next entry.
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