Nay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Naw if we get to the stage of all cars driverless i would miss the pleasure of driving and especially on a summers's day.

For me? NAY.

For some other people? YAY.

I wonder - would driverless BMWs still act like a-holes? Cut you off without using a blinker? Take up two parking spaces in every parking lot? Break down at the most inconvenient times?

i kinda forgot that there are those who

are at a loss without seein the vids

or books with pics in em...

tesla has a predictability program

but tesla isn't the amurderkkkan way so you get what you get

and i have seen the driverless get eaten because of

driver error on the part of the other car...

nowyoucanseethEdit

[Edited 3/28/17 11:54am]

No, unless they're on a track, and then they're just a train. More trains and lightrail would be a better investment.

i think supporting & adopting driverless cars is really the only ethical thing to do. you could be looking at saving 10s of thousands of lives per year in north america alone.

[Edited 3/28/17 9:36am]

damosuzuki said:

i think supporting & adopting driverless cars is really the only ethical thing to do. you could be looking at saving 10s of thousands of lives per year in north america alone.

[Edited 3/28/17 9:36am]

Exactly.

The supposed bad thing of all this, is that municipalities depend on the revenue of traffic tickets to operate. And they would be in deep trouble if that revenue is cutt off.

Nay

sonshine said:

Sounds like we won't have a choice eventually What I want to know is: will there still be highway/police patrols?

Of course.

But i would imagine that there would be more sensors on cars/roads and drones in the air and track traffic and save money.

I also envision drones constantly in the air stitching together real-time images of the city with a police department having far more people patroling remotely. When a call to 911/police/fire i would imagine that the map would light up the exact location and real-time video from the air to assist the emergency services and police.

With what I've heard they are supposed to do, I'm cool with it. It's just that I've rarely heard of anything doing exactly what it was supposed to do in the first generation of it's creation. There are always glitches. Problem is, the glitches can't be solved until the item gets used frequently. So I have a kind of reluctant yay to this. The price of progress.

TrivialPursuit said:

No, unless they're on a track, and then they're just a train. More trains and lightrail would be a better investment.

Totally support this.

KingBAD said:

i kinda forgot that there are those who

are at a loss without seein the vids

or books with pics in em...

tesla has a predictability program

but tesla isn't the amurderkkkan way so you get what you get

and i have seen the driverless get eaten because of

driver error on the part of the other car...

nowyoucanseethEdit

[Edited 3/28/17 11:54am]

until there's a time when cars are connected (the cloud)

havin "smart driverless cars" are useless in a world of

stupid people...

the driverless car ain't the prollum.

the car with the idiot drivin is...

Makes me want to stop driving.


Sometimes I wonder if people think they are the only people on the road given the way I've seen so many people drive. I'm always like: SERIOUSLY! You just did THAT!

KingBAD said:

KingBAD said:

i kinda forgot that there are those who

are at a loss without seein the vids

or books with pics in em...

tesla has a predictability program

but tesla isn't the amurderkkkan way so you get what you get

and i have seen the driverless get eaten because of

driver error on the part of the other car...

nowyoucanseethEdit

[Edited 3/28/17 11:54am]

until there's a time when cars are connected (the cloud)

havin "smart driverless cars" are useless in a world of

stupid people...

the driverless car ain't the prollum.

the car with the idiot drivin is...

Yeah that's the plan. For all cars to connect to the cloud and be aware of each other. So each vehicle can react to the agregate of nearby traffic instead of just individually.

I'm sure that there will be safeguards in case of a loss of connection or computer error, but thats's the scary part for me. All devices eventualy fail. It's the safeguards that will be the crucial element.

TrivialPursuit said:

No, unless they're on a track, and then they're just a train. More trains and lightrail would be a better investment.

I heartily agree with the second statement! Our (USA) rail system is in third world status compared to China and especially Japan. Our subways are an embarrassment compared to these countries. Bringing these items into the 21st century would be a huge investment but as long as we are trying to rebuild our infrastructure it would be an optimal time.

But American culture is so dependent on the car. Driverless....mmm...jury is still out for me.

LadyLayla said:

TrivialPursuit said:

No, unless they're on a track, and then they're just a train. More trains and lightrail would be a better investment.

I heartily agree with the second statement! Our (USA) rail system is in third world status compared to China and especially Japan. Our subways are an embarrassment compared to these countries. Bringing these items into the 21st century would be a huge investment but as long as we are trying to rebuild our infrastructure it would be an optimal time.

But American culture is so dependent on the car. Driverless....mmm...jury is still out for me.

Even places like Portland and Seattle have amazing light rail systems, while other places have a good subway structure (NY). Why the rest of the U.S. suffers (meaning those that don't have great metro) is beyond me. Amtrak of repeatedly dropped the ball on redeveloping their technology and working with regions or states to develop light rail for public transportation as well as long distance travel.

damosuzuki said:

You ever hear of hackers? Imagine a one hundred car pile up of disasterous proportions.

The insurance for each car would be bonkers. We should always reject technology that kills human beings.

lust said:

damosuzuki said:

i think supporting & adopting driverless cars is really the only ethical thing to do. you could be looking at saving 10s of thousands of lives per year in north america alone.

[Edited 3/28/17 9:36am]

Then hopefully they'll move onto humanless guns.

Guns that only shot when a true life threatening presence is detected?

Still waiting for the sex robots

2freaky4church1 said:

Still waiting for the sex robots

I thought they had those already, if you got the right cash.

2freaky4church1 said:

2freaky4church1 said: