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Old 10-10-2017, 11:47 AM   #1
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Opinion on self driving cars

If they work as well as the talk to text feature of my iPad there in a lot of trouble!
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Old 10-10-2017, 03:32 PM   #2
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Self-driving cars? I don't get it. Just take the bus.
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Old 10-10-2017, 03:38 PM   #3
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I don't get it either but a great deal of effort is going into self driving cars. I wonder where that's going if it's going to be a success or a smoking crater in the ground.
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Old 10-10-2017, 04:37 PM   #4
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Self-driving car? Yes I drive my car myself.
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Old 10-10-2017, 07:36 PM   #5
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I read about a recent study on accidents involving self-driving cars, since by law ALL accidents of this nature must be recorded in a centralized database for statistical/study purposes, and EVERY SINGLE accident was caused by a human driver in another vehicle who wasn't following either the laws or courtesy of the road. I just don't see self-driving cars as being viable as long as the general (idiot) human population is also driving on the same roads.

On a personal note, I'm not interested in being a passenger in a self-driving car. I really don't even like being a passenger in a vehicle driven by another person, be it car, plane, train or whatever.
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Old 10-10-2017, 09:44 PM   #6
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i see it getting HUGE for the trucking industry and the uber/lift/taxi business. possibly couriers too(if they could figure out how to load unload stuff). unfortunately, this will cost us MANY jobs, but companies will look to the bottom-line if they are deemed safe for road use.

on a related topic, has anyone thought about the implications of musk's hypertube for the freight business? i can't see people feeling safe traveling that fast in a tube!
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Old 10-11-2017, 01:59 AM   #7
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Sure, I'll go for a self driving car....

As soon as the manufacturers can guarantee that the software is 100% bug free and the hardware won't fail.....
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Old 10-11-2017, 07:46 PM   #8
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Well, we humans are not 100% bug free and will most definitely fail, so as long as self driving cars are statistically better than humans, I don't have a problem with them for those that want them. To that point, I always want to retain the ability to drive myself. I realize it's a privilege, not a right, but I would not be happy with some kind of gov mandate saying all road going cars must be self driving.
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it was my fault that deer jumped out if front of your car, sorry.
do self driving cars see pot holes? do they see drunks swerving towards you from adjacent streets/sidewalks/allies? to work correct it would have to be ALL self driving in a contained environment.
i like driving. fooie and pshaw to self driving.
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i see it getting HUGE for the trucking industry and the uber/lift/taxi business. possibly couriers too(if they could figure out how to load unload stuff). unfortunately, this will cost us MANY jobs, but companies will look to the bottom-line if they are deemed safe for road use.

on a related topic, has anyone thought about the implications of musk's hypertube for the freight business? i can't see people feeling safe traveling that fast in a tube!
Can't imagine it's cheap enough for freight. Can't imagine it would be all that cheap for people either. What you're getting is speed and that costs.
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