Revealing The True Nitty-Gritty About Level 4 And Level 5 Of Self-Driving Cars

Dr. Lance Eliot, AI Insider

[Ed. Note: For reader’s interested in Dr. Eliot’s ongoing business analyses about the advent of self-driving cars, see his online Forbes column: https://forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/]

An exasperating situation exists about the nature and scope of self-driving driverless autonomous cars.

The existing published standard that depicts the automation levels has become a well-worn and oft-cited cornerstone to discussing and understanding the aspects of self-driving cars.

In a sense, that is quite handy, and we can be thankful that a standard exists, albeit the mutterings and outright complaints by some insiders regarding the weaknesses and warts of the standard (more on this in a moment).

Unfortunately, despite the good facets of having such a standard, the levels are often mistakenly portrayed in the news and other media outlets.

This creates confusion.

Lots of it.

In addition, this then confounds efforts to compare the various experimental tryouts underway on our public roadways, and pretty much messes with the minds of the regulators and the public-at-large about what a self-driving car does or ought to do.