Three U.S. senators want driver monitoring systems mandated

Reuters via Yahoo Finance ^ | Monday, April 26, 2021 | Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Nick Zieminski

[Noumenon]

[SunkenCiv]

Toyota (the rumored partner for Apple’s car) is buying the autonomous project from Lyft. There’s also Google’s, various automaker’s, etc. My view is, the only people who want this are the hucksters trying to sell it to us.

[hanamizu]

“...We just bought a new XXXXXX which has adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, automatic braking, etc.... I turned it all off - it’s dangerous”

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Of course everyone’s opinion is going to differ, but my reaction to the new technology was the opposite to yours. I was gobsmacked when my Honda CRV was taking the corners on the Interstate for me. Car in front slows down, my car slows down. Car in front stops, my car stops. Makes a long drive on the Interstate much easier.

Now, do I trust it? Of course not. Do I take my hands off of the wheel or tuck my feet under me while driving (like I could!), don’t be daft. Right now, cars are maybe 60% of the way to being self-driving. But it’s the easy 60% Don’t know if they’ll get to the last 40%.

I have read, that the older one is (and I’m older than I’ve ever been in my life) the less trust one puts into the tech. I’ve seen videos of guys letting their cars pretty much drive themselves with their arms folded. Crazy.

And, as you’ve said, you can always (for now at least) turn the tech off.

[hanamizu]

My view is, the only people who want this are the hucksters trying to sell it to us.

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I’m assuming by ‘this’ you mean an autonomous car, not the driver monitor feature. I don’t know. A car that can safely drive itself would really be something. There is already some demand for it as seen by how some idiots are willing to completely trust Tesla’s Autopilot feature.

We never got the flying cars we were promised well more than a half century ago, but we do seem to being on the cusp of self-driving cars. Would I trust my life to one? Hell no! I wouldn’t be comfortable to be in a car where the driver’s input is not part of ‘driving’.

On the other hand, I have no trouble imagining that the kids or grandkids of kids in school today will have no idea of how to ‘drive’ a car. My grandpa knew how to drive a steam locomotive as well as a team of horses, but I’d be clueless as to how to do either.

[6ppc]

My truck has that. Seat vibrates on the side going out of bounds.

[nascarnation]

Very tough these days to find peeps that can drive manual transmission/clutch.

[gitmo]

I remember that story.

[SunkenCiv]

No one will need to own a car, it’ll be utopia!

People who drive inebriated really look forward to autonomous vehicles. So do johns who like to ‘do’ hookers in the back seat. Yeah, I want to rent that vehicle.

[hanamizu]

Very tough these days to find peeps that can drive manual transmission/clutch.

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True enough, at least here in the U.S. I understand automatics in Europe are fairly rare. But stick shifts do cut down on thefts.

[hanamizu]

Well drunk people in autonomous cars might be a good thing for everyone. As for what happens in a rental car’s back seat, even now, who knows?

[Redleg Duke]

Three elected morons.

[Rodm]

Let put monltoring devices on congress critters because they far more dangerous that Teslas

[gogeo]

“You have been fined one credit...”

[mewzilla]

Can’t we just outlaw stupid people?

Not when they're the ones doing the legislating.

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, but right now I can afford to onw.

[SunkenCiv]

/bingo