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Then why are the posted speed limits not increased?
Sorry guys, those of you who seem opposed to the idea of self-driving cars. I'm in the opposite camp. If you replace all human drivers with self-driving cars tomorrow, you will instantly reduce the number of traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries from traffic accidents by ten-thousand-fold. I am firmly in support of self-driving vehicles.
It's not going to the instant transfer to it. I'm not against them, but they should be able to calculate what the flow of traffic is going and adjust itself to stay with everyone else. That's not unreasonable for the near future, but lawyers for self driving cars would have something to say about that.
I plow snow for my company, please tell me how a self driving truck will do my job? For your reference, a plow truck in south lake tahoe, 2 ft of snow fall overnight, my truck needs to plow 10 very different odd shaped strip malls before they open at 8 am, time is money.
If someone has a truck that can do it as fast as I do it now, I'm all for it!
I plow snow for my company, please tell me how a self driving truck will do my job? For your reference, a plow truck in south lake tahoe, 2 ft of snow fall overnight, my truck needs to plow 10 very different odd shaped strip malls before they open at 8 am, time is money.
If someone has a truck that can do it as fast as I do it now, I'm all for it!
Why do I want to plow snow in a truck ? 30+ years of running strip malls in the south might have something to do with it I’m sure it gets old but it actually sounds like fun to me
My interest in self-driving cars is to reduce common traffic accidents. I don't see any reason to replace specialty drivers (like the snow-plowing mentioned above) as these are not the primary contributors to traffic accidents.
I saw that Lamborgini SUV this morning. Sounded amazing as it was next to me, but couldn't ignore the fact that it is obviously a Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) conglomerate car now. Maybe it's the wheel base length, but looked like a show car built on the golf platform. Not saying it didn't look nice, if not totally useless and a bit goofy. Sure did have a nice exhaust note coming out of it as the guy flew by me like I was standing still waiting for the bus to loser-town USA.
I saw that Lamborgini SUV this morning. Sounded amazing as it was next to me, but couldn't ignore the fact that it is obviously a Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) conglomerate car now. Maybe it's the wheel base length, but looked like a show car built on the golf platform. Not saying it didn't look nice, if not totally useless and a bit goofy. Sure did have a nice exhaust note coming out of it as the guy flew by me like I was standing still waiting for the bus to loser-town USA.
It's built on the same platform that underpins vehicles from the A4 to the A8, Cayenne, and Tourag.
One that stood out to me, because I just might be able to afford it, is the BRZ Subaru. anyone ever own one? if so, how did you like it? From what I see I really like. and does Toyota have a comparable model?
Hello from Alaska and the Iditarod Sled Dog Race! I've been (almost) off the grid for the last week.
- Anchorage AK -- saw the ceremonial start, pretty much a downtown parade
- Willow Lake AK -- saw the restart, and the official "GO!" start of the real race
- Rainy Pass AK -- flew in to this Iditarod checkpoint on the frozen Puntilla Lake
While there on the frozen Puntilla Lake, there was this old Model T-like vehicle with metal tracks on its 4 rear wheels (2 rear axles), and skis under its 2 front wheels. It was puttering around on the ice.
That was the most interesting vehicle I've seen in the last week+ that I've been in Alaska.
For some reason I cannot attach my jpeg. Will add that later, maybe I need a better wifi signal than what I have here in Soldotna, on the Kenai Peninsula.
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I’m sure it gets old but it actually sounds like fun to me 
