Why Snow Driving Is So Difficult For 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/]

I lived in Germany for a year and “fondly” recall one of the most terrifying driving experiences in my life, which involved being on an autobahn in the middle of a snow storm.

I decided to stop where I was, and sit there, in the middle of the autobahn.

Other drivers nearby had gotten out of their cars to survey the situation too.

I had hopes that I might be able to somehow magically drive out of there, and even got out of the trunk my windshield scraper and used it to try and get some of the snow and ice off my windshield.

The situation was quite beguiling and one of the worst snow driving moments I’ve ever had.

What does this have to do with AI self-driving driverless autonomous cars?

At the Cybernetic Self-Driving Car Institute, we are working on developing AI that can drive while in the snow.

This is a very hard problem.

Indeed, for most of the auto makers and tech firms that are developing self-driving cars, the…