:LOL: Yup - that would do it for sure. However, violent sneezes have been known to cause accidents in normal cars driven by normal folks too.
Dangerous Doug
10-30-2015 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Buzz
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I don't think anyone here "would rather a car drive itself", I simply acknowledge that there will be practical and useful applications for the technology, without succumbing to the fear that it will totally take away or replace what we now enjoy. Automatic transmissions for example made things easier and better in many automotive applications without spelling the end of manual shifting for those who prefer to drive that way (like me).
Many teens now aren't in a rush to get their driver's license---they would rather not "deal" with driving. My niece was like this, and reluctantly learned to drive.
I read an article written by a early twenty-something girl that LOVED the Google self-driving car experience for the same reason.
There is also a migration by the twenty-something tech crowd to cities where one gets around by walking, mass transit, Uber or taxi, with little or no reliance on a car---and driving oneself.
DD
Jamo
10-30-2015 01:03 PM
Seems to me the only reason I might be interested in a self driving car is if there's a toilet in the damn thing...one of them there Japanese kind, with the heated seat, wash and dryer. Maybe with a Kurig next to it. And a good sized screen to read the WSJ. And donuts...gotta have donuts.
Bernica
10-30-2015 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamo
(Post 1369538)
Seems to me the only reason I might be interested in a self driving car is if there's a toilet in the damn thing...one of them there Japanese kind, with the heated seat, wash and dryer. Maybe with a Kurig next to it. And a good sized screen to read the WSJ. And donuts...gotta have donuts.
Sounds like you just need to get an RV and hire Kato to drive it for you!**):LOL:
mr bruce
10-30-2015 02:28 PM
terrorist will love these self driving cars
Jamo
10-30-2015 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mr bruce
(Post 1369551)
terrorist will love these self driving cars
Yup...good point. First our guns and then our ability to move freely about the country to asscape the damn zombies (and they are coming, have no doubt about it).
Bernica
10-30-2015 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamo
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Yup...good point. First our guns and then our ability to move freely about the country to asscape the damn zombies (and they are coming, have no doubt about it).
Yup, not to mention that somebody's server would now know where you live, where you go for dinner, where your kids go to school, where you bank etc. Every move tracked. Is this 1984 or 2015?:confused:
lnfletcher
10-30-2015 02:57 PM
By the time the SDC gets all the bugs worked out of it, the star trek transporter will be out and testing and we'll just bypass it all together!
Jamo
10-30-2015 03:03 PM
We're doomed.
Bernica
10-30-2015 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamo
(Post 1369557)
We're doomed.
Here is one of many books available for you JAMO. Get that RV all rigged up and set up your own Comm Center to take care of CC for the rest of the Zombies that you leave behind!:LOL::LOL:
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Tommy
10-30-2015 03:15 PM
"When the Stockton-Darlington Railway opened in 1825, people feared the worst: the human body, surely, wasn't made to travel at incredible speeds of 30 miles per hour. People genuinely believed that going that quickly would kill you in gruesome ways, such as your body melting." - 12 Technologies That People Feared
Bernica
10-30-2015 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Tommy
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"When the Stockton-Darlington Railway opened in 1825, people feared the worst: the human body, surely, wasn't made to travel at incredible speeds of 30 miles per hour. People genuinely believed that going that quickly would kill you in gruesome ways, such as your body melting." - 12 Technologies That People Feared
Yup. Same thing when they started hitting 60 mph and especially 100. Even doctors warned that at those speeds your brain will scramble!:eek:
Tommy
10-30-2015 03:52 PM
The documentary TV series, "Connections," made the point well that the most profound effects of advancing technologies are typically not what we wanted to happen or what we expected to happen. The biggest changes come from the unintended consequences of new technologies. I have no reason to expect that pattern to change in the future.
Joe's Garage
10-30-2015 04:31 PM
Don't want to sound like Chicken Little but ...
Internet v10.0 = Skynet v1.0, OMG we're all gonna die!
RodKnock
10-30-2015 05:07 PM
Between Google, Facebook and Tesla, you do see alot of weird stuff going on around here:
Buzz
10-30-2015 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bernica
(Post 1369554)
Yup, not to mention that somebody's server would now know where you live, where you go for dinner, where your kids go to school, where you bank etc. Every move tracked. Is this 1984 or 2015?:confused:
Hate to be the one to break the bad news, but that's already here %/
Buzz
10-30-2015 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamo
(Post 1369553)
Yup...good point. First our guns and then our ability to move freely about the country to asscape the damn zombies (and they are coming, have no doubt about it).
They're already here too - saw one the other day. It asked me for $5 but I knew it really wanted to eat my brain. I was lucky to get away in one piece.
Bernica
10-30-2015 06:33 PM
Load up a couple of hundred gallons of good Sonoco fuel, load up the Cobra and have the wife follow you with all the provisions and head out! They are coming!;)
Joe's Garage
10-30-2015 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
(Post 1369583)
Between Google, Facebook and Tesla, you do see alot of weird stuff going on around here:
I think I saw a beemer in there drifting right along in a straight line on a wet road. Shows the level of control that can be achieved. Begs the question on what kind of hot lap times "the computer" could get vs. a human in the same car provided the software was dialed in for the track.
Tommy
10-30-2015 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe's Garage
(Post 1369598)
I think I saw a beemer in there drifting right along in a straight line on a wet road. Shows the level of control that can be achieved. Begs the question on what kind of hot lap times "the computer" could get vs. a human in the same car provided the software was dialed in for the track.
At dinner tonight a friend asked me for advice regarding a project his college students are undertaking. They've been challenged to predict what a Le Mans race car of 2045 will look like. I told him the hard part of answering that question is knowing what the race rules will be then. They've already limited what cars can do automatically in F1 and Le Mans racing so the driver will have some impact of the outcome of the race. In less than 30 years it will be possible to field an unmanned car that can go faster than any human driver provided the rules allow it. So the design of the cars then will depend more on what race organizers want to allow than what technology is available. .... I can also imagine a time when race cars become so safe that there is no appreciable risk to the drivers. My guess is that much of the appeal of racing will diminish when the risk is gone and the rules leave little room for drivers to affect the outcome.
