Am I the only one that thinks this? (air conditioning, lane, truck)
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100% self-driving cars are in our near future and "auto pilot" cruise control that does the driving in places you'd normally use cruise is probably only a couple years away.
But it seems to me the more a car does for the driver, the worse the driver gets... so it's not all a good thing.
Cellphones + cars are the worst thing that's happened to safety since alcohol + cars though.
One could argue that once vehicles become 100% autonomous, there'd be no need to be a good driver.
OH and I had a revelation just now that fully autonomous cars will have wifi built in and the dash screen or other screen has a regular OS with browser, apps, tv receiver on top of already a video receiver and audio receiver. And obviously they will be usable while the car is moving (as currently video on the front screen isn't usable if the car is moving).
Wow that happened fast. I only saw it on the news maybe the middle of the week. Awesome no need to even look when backing up anymore.... just look at the screen. Great until the screen doesn't work.. what then ?
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Originally Posted by iTsLiKeAnEgG
Then you turn around as drivers have done for decades? This isn't a very complicated problem you're presenting lol.
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Originally Posted by NARFALICIOUS
Turn around like your caveman ancestor drivers did.
I was being sarcastic or did you guys already assume that ?
Personally I really don't care for all the "new tech" on a lot of these vehicles. And for one don't like the idea of autonomous driving, I actually enjoy driving. I'm happy with anti lock brakes and blind spot detection. Other than that I would rather be the driver, not some computer.
I saw a news blurb the other day saying some nanny group wants to mandate back up cameras in all vehicles. As nice as they are having them mandated is a bunch of BS.
There are situations every driver faces where an autonomous car is going to be a tremendously better driver than the actual driver. What about areas of heavy fog, or unlit roads lined with trees or sheer drops on rainy nights? As an example, I was driving from Seattle to Boise a couple of weeks ago and hit a thunderstorm going over one of the ridges in eastern Washington. In the span of around two minutes and maybe three miles it went from dry and calm to absolutely pissing rain with tumbleweeds the size of computer chairs rolling down the freeway. It was coming down so fast my windshield wipers couldn't keep up at maximum speed. I couldn't see 10 feet in front of me and I was only doing 20 MPH. I had to pull over and wait it out. If it had happened at night, I would have been in real trouble.
Considering every year there are dozens of incidents where people back up in their driveway and run over their own kids or pets, requiring backup cameras isn't a bad idea. Especially on vehicle with high rear windows where there is a huge area behind the car the driver can't see.
Edit: Actually, I misjudged. There are a lot more. An average of 228 kids a year die from being backed over, and 17,000 are injured.
Will these new technologies mean no more tailgating?
If this gets real sophisticated, maybe it will take a path where "cars" (or "pods") will be close together, guided (or even controlled) by communication among cars in 'the train', to warn of (or control) impending stop, turn, whatever.
Will these new technologies mean no more tailgating?
On the contrary, if the systems are designed the right way, it could lead to "platooning" where cars follow each other a few feet apart for better fuel economy because it can be done safely.
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