Posted on 04/20/2013 2:07:54 PM PDT by LibWhacker
That’d be nice! I want one of those robots they’re going to have in the not too distant future (I hope) that cleans, cooks, drives, etc. I’ll bet people in those days will be thanking their lucky stars they weren’t born in the primitive 20th Century.
Lol... Reminds me of “Blue hair driving in my lane,” a parody of Willie Nelson’s “Blue eyes crying in the rain.”
Good and bad. Bad is what happens when something goes wrong? Judging from man’s inability to create software that always works and doesn’t do anything stupid when something goes wrong, I prefer to remain skeptical.
If they perfect it, then go out or a pop and don’t worry about who’s driving. Safer driving for young drivers. No crazy driving, weaving, tailgating, passing in the breakdown lane. I’m starting to like it.
And the almost indestructible shell with optional super pursuit mode coupled with bland sense of humor upgrade software package.
Good point.
The best thing would be the free time. It would be like having your own driver.
Wow and to think a brody knob was a great invention for making boobie playtime easier
No, they won't. It is several orders of magnitude easier to automate an airliner than an automobile, yet who among us would willingly fly in an airplane with no pilot and no ground station controlling it?
Another 10-15 years is not going to change that.
BTW, I've been meaning to wish you... happy birfday!
LOL are you that much of a youngin and thanks for the birfday wishs
I would hope the day never comes when “driverless” cars are mandatory. There is something quintessentially American about getting in a car, seeking a destination on a map, and going there. Or, just getting in a car and meandering down some coastal highway, with no particular destination in mind.
I think you’d probably have to have the highways of the future quite different than what we see now. Cars will be equipped with magnetic devices or with devices that can be attached to tracks on the roads. It will all be computer controlled and operated. This is great visionary advice. Please send all checks to my address, Driftless the Seer—5555 Karnak Road, Nome, Alaska.99998
And robot trucks that drive half as fast can be engineered to use one forth the fuel. Normally the extra human labor costs would offset that savings but with no human, shipping costs drop in half.
Really opens up the jihad possibilities, eh?
Thanks LibWhacker.
Blow up a truck in the right spot at the right time and you have a potential toll in the hundreds.
When I want to drive 90 or better on the freeway no damn car is going to tell me I can’t!!!
I was thinking same thing. Our track record for predicting future trends is not very good
“Where is my flying car?”
ready as soon as you come up with the quarter million and a pilots license, they are on the market.
According to GM, we should have had automated highways by 1976.
I think the privacy issues are there no matter who or what is driving the car. Things like location, speed, destination and occupants are trackable anyway.
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