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Podcast: Yah Lah But
Episode: #790 ft. Nicholas Ng โ Autonomous Vehicles Better Than Human Drivers? SGโs AV Plan Explained
Description: Driverless vehicles arenโt coming โone dayโ. Theyโre already here.Nicholas Ng, Director of the Centre for Autonomous Vehicles at LTA, explains how Singapore is testing and rolling out autonomous vehicles (AV), and how that will enhance future transport options. We cover the AV trials in Punggol (which we personally experienced), as well as the strict safety frameworks behind the scenes.Are AVs actually safer than human drivers? What happens when machines make decisions on the roads? And are we truly giving up control?๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ (๐๐๐ผ).๐๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐๐โ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ.๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 25 ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด_๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ@๐ญ๐ต๐ข.๐จ๐ฐ๐ท.๐ด๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐๐โ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐!Drop us an email at [email protected]! Weโre always looking out for people to do cool stuff with, so letโs chat!๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ "๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐โGet a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!Subscribe Here(00:00) Intro(01:15) Inside The Punggol AV Trial(05:00) Why Self-Driving Cars Suddenly Got Better(09:04) Nicholas Ngโs Journey Into AV Policy(12:25) Why Singapore Wants Autonomous Vehicles(17:00) Will AVs Actually Replace Human Jobs?(19:31) Why Safety Operators Still Sit In The Car(23:25) What Safety Operators Are Really Doing(24:55) Getting The Public Comfortable With AVs(27:54) When Can The Safety Driver Be Removed?(31:04) Why The 10,000km Threshold Matters(32:39) What Happened In The Minor AV Incident?(34:17) How LTA Tests AVs Before Road Trials(37:02) Can One Vehicleโs Learning Scale To The Fleet?(41:45) Chickens, Birds, And Other Singapore Road Surprises(43:52) How Safety Operators Are Trained(46:11) Who Is Liable If An AV Causes An Accident?(52:57) Why Singapore Still Needs AVs Now(55:31) What China And The US Are Doing With