[Chicagowil]

Glen,

When you said "Rubber has a degree of memory, but it doesn't have any intelligence" were you talking about the silicon bim bows with implants? LOL.

As a friend of mine said several years ago related to the stupid things people do with cell phones behind the wheel, "if they die by themselves- its just thinning of the herd". I don't know how many times I have seen pedestrians step out in front of cars in the city while texting on their cell phones! I do believe the operating IQ drops 50 points for anyone on the things- including me (oops- I think I am now negative on the scale). And when they drive, the focus is anywhere but outside the windshield.

Growing up learning to drive on cars from the 40's & 50'S, you always were thinking about the possibility that just because you stepped on the brakes does not mean they will work and what was going to be your next option to stop!

But actually, I would not mind, as I am aging now, I might like having the future option of a car to drive me for the more mundane trips or in big cities (I have lived in LA, SF, Chicago and now Boston- home of the Massholes). I just don't like the idea of it all being mandated to protect the stupid! Drove to Rockport ME yesterday and loved the wonderful 2 lane roads along the coast! would be a shame to not be able to self drive it!

I spent 45 years in technology industry, from Aerospace to medical and software. It was always only as good as the "loose nut" on the end of the design and the operator who was always trying to make it do something it was not designed to do!

Thom