Posted on 02/13/2015 1:49:37 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Earlier today we heard that the new Lutz Pathfinder driverless car would be launching in the UK later in the year, trials will begin on footpath routes in the UK at first and are then expected to be rolled out to roads.
Now the UK government has approved the use of driverless cars in the UK, and legislation to allow the technology to we widely used in the UK will be brought in some time in 2017.
UK Transport minister Claire Perry said the following about driverless cars in the UK:-
"Driverless cars are the future. I want Britain to be at the forefront of this exciting new development, to embrace a technology that could transform our roads and open up a brand new route for global investment."
You can find out full details about the UK governments plans for autonomous vehicles in the UK at the link below.
Attorneys can’t wait...: )
But if you can’t drive them, then how will muslims be able to run us infidels over while shouting allahu akhbar like in France?
Some years from now the Brits will claim they invented that. Like almost everything else LoL!
Less drivers equals less jobs. About twenty or so percent of the population drives for a living. Remove that and that’s a lot of people looking for work at the roboticized McDonald’s.
> Why are conservatives down on driverless cars? Politically driverless cars and pilotless aircraft will help middle class families live farther away from the communist cities. Lower population density means a comeback for American style freedom, and voters against 50% tax rates for seldom seen or needed government pseudo-workers.
Probably because the gov doesnt have a good track record on managing or implementing anything. Plus I don’t want my car to drive me to the police station for the unpaid red light camera and speeding violations I received the last month when my car was driving “itself” and made a few “mistakes”. Also so it wont “accidentally” accellerate into a pole at 80 mph if I happen to be a journalist writing a piece about Benghazi....
Which is a profession more dangerous than police work. Half the people on the road are below average drivers, and some are one text message away from killing. The transformation from driver into passenger began a while ago.
The oversupply of people that can't compete in the job market is a big problem without any pretty solutions.
Nope. I'd rather be at the wheel myself.
I won't own a vehicle which automatically stops at some sign of an obstruction, either. There are times when you might want to hit something (in order to escape a bad situation). If your car automatically stops, you're just so much fresh meat for the predators.
I'm not an early adopter either, preferring to let others with more time on their hands do the trail blazing, however when the dust settles years from now the cost for drivers insurance will be about triple if you want to continue driving yourself.
Put another way, car insurance for driverless cars might be really cheap because they don’t get into accidents.
Its even possible that manufacturers will include the insurance as a added feature. Think drive-train warranty.
The car empowers the individual. The driverless car empowers the state, which will have control of “your” car.
“Attorneys can’t wait..”
Close your eyes and you can almost hear the noontime commercials now...”Get the compensation you DESERVE”
Bring back elevator operators.
I think those cars will get a lot of people killed if there is no manual override. But if people become dependent on the cars, they won't develop the skills they need anyway.
Consider, those of us who grew up with no power steering, manual transmissions, no power brakes, no airbags, steel dashboards, no seat belts, no automatic braking, no rearview camera, no lane sensor, etc. learned to do all that on our own as a part of driving, in fair weather and foul, and learned to drive defensively, to avoid problems, and always (when possible) leave ourselves an 'out' if drivers in front of us had a problem.
Those skills (braking on ice, for instance) have been by and large, relegated to computers, and the results aren't exactly stunning.
Even with all that supposedly lifesaving stuff, there is still a slaughter on the highways.
One more gizmo isn't going to stop that, and for a time, in some instances, may well make it worse.
I'll pay the extra if I must, but I'll drive.
I’d agree. Today most military aircraft can’t be flown except thru computer control. The craft are not inherently stable. Only a computer, making thousands of minute corrections per-second keeps the craft stable.
Most people don’t realize just how computerized there car is already because the systems are so well integrated with the vehicle; computer controlled ignition timing, valve timing, anti-skid, anti-lock brake systems, driver assist parking, collision avoidance.
Ask the question; who would you rather have piloting the vehicle next to you; a computer making thousands of split-second adjustments per second with unwavering attention, or a 20-somthing ditz texting with one hand while sipping a latte in the other? I trust machines more than people nowadays.
Top Gear can’t either to bash and destroy a few.
Or "I Robot" comes to fruition in regard to robotized labor and self-driving vehicles. No option to "follow the weasels" in a traffic jam would be frustrating. d:^)
I can go on a pub crawl in London and the driverless car will carry me home?
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