How would a self-driving car update itself and how does its software work for allowances for items such as emergency updates.

Self-driving Car

Security and updates.

Security is a concern for safe driving. Earlier on in this previous year, videos were shown how cars with Wi-Fi were hackable and could be controller against the user’s will. Security also ties into two other sections, movement and updates. With self-driving cars how quickly will people react if needed, if their hands are not on the wheel? Therefore how does the software interact with the driver? Updates for the software programming are a critical part for systems. New features can be added and holes in security can be patched up. How would a self-driving car update itself and how does its software work for allowances for items such as emergency updates.