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Probably best they can throw at them would be corporate manslaughter because there was no INTENT or WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE
 
Just another possible payday for lawyers. Bloodsucking pigs.... as far as this being sad, yes, any accident sucks. I’m still all for a computer driving though over a human. Distracted drivers kill lots of people every day, computers are up to one. Much better statistics here.
 
Brent S said:
Just another possible payday for lawyers. Bloodsucking pigs.... as far as this being sad, yes, any accident sucks. I’m still all for a computer driving though over a human. Distracted drivers kill lots of people every day, computers are up to one. Much better statistics here.
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Combine " I Robot" with the "Terminator" to see the end result of giving away our control to machines, ESPECIALLY machines that can be over ridden by terrorists, feds or the government.
 
Brent S said:
Just another possible payday for lawyers. Bloodsucking pigs.... as far as this being sad, yes, any accident sucks. I’m still all for a computer driving though over a human. Distracted drivers kill lots of people every day, computers are up to one. Much better statistics here.
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IT WILL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL WHEN ANYONE FINDS ME IN A CAR DRIVEN BY A COMPUTER
 
No thanks. There could be a few small urban areas, or some limited open hiways where a self drive car could eventually work some day. I just don't see them ever working out in most areas on a large scale. How well would they work in a heavy downpour, muddy roads, heavy snow or an ice storm? I don't expect to ever see a self drive around here. Really, how lazy can a person get to not drive his own car??
 
I dont even like the sensors on new cars that tell when You are getting to close to something . I'll control the car not listening to a computer.
 
Arcticdude said:
No thanks. There could be a few small urban areas, or some limited open hiways where a self drive car could eventually work some day. I just don't see them ever working out in most areas on a large scale. How well would they work in a heavy downpour, muddy roads, heavy snow or an ice storm? I don't expect to ever see a self drive around here. Really, how lazy can a person get to not drive his own car??
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I’m really just thinking about it being safer. People are way too easily distracted, computers are much quicker and more capable. I don’t think they are ready yet, but at the rate technology grows, it won’t be long.
 
Brent S said:
Just another possible payday for lawyers. Bloodsucking pigs.... as far as this being sad, yes, any accident sucks. I’m still all for a computer driving though over a human. Distracted drivers kill lots of people every day, computers are up to one. Much better statistics here.
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Yes, I feel the same way about lawyers.

Do you know what the difference is between an attorney and a catfish?

One is covered with slime, has poisonous spines, slithers around in the mud, and is a bottom feeder...and the other is, of course, a fish.
 
bigpaul said:
i like driving too much to give it away to a computer.
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I like to drive as well. It’s the masses that I think need a computer to take over. Think how much safer we would all be if teenage girls texting on their phones were not in control of a 1500lb chunk of metal going 60mph down the road.
 
that's why I rarely drive on motorways and only very early in the morning when these idiots are still in their beds.
there aren't many people who drive on the back country roads like I do, most people drive on the main roads.
i'm more likely to drive across country than be found on a motorway.
every time the wife or I go out on the road we assume everyone else is an idiot and drive accordingly, many times we have been proved correct.
 
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Bigpaul, you might want to define "motorway" for us. Is that like a highway? Freeway?

And when you say "cross country" do you mean off-road? Local roads?
 
I don't see a "self" drive car ever becoming viable for most parts of the country. Maybe in a few small isolated pockets in or around some major cities, maybe. It's more sicence fiction fantasy than realistic for the vast majority of areas or drivers.
 
The cost of a new vehicle was gotten outrageous with all these add one like the screen to show you backing up, cars that brake on their own, electric windows etc. My moms handicapped van bought back in 2015 cost as much as my house literally. Does anyone know how much this capability would cost? Just can't see this technology being a have to have item and will be at too expensive for the average Joe.
 
DrHenley said:
Bigpaul, you might want to define "motorway" for us. Is that like a highway? Freeway?

And when you say "cross country" do you mean off-road? Local roads?
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I think our motorways are like your freeways, the only way on and off them is by using the on and off ramps.
I don't like motorways unless its really early in the morning, if there is an accident and we are nowhere near an off ramp we can be stuck in stationery traffic for 5, 6, 7 or even 8 hours whilst the Police make their enquiries.
our area is fairly remote- some would say "the middle of nowhere"(city folk that is!) and we only use motorways if we are going further afield. we have to travel a considerable distance to even get on one.
when I say "cross country" I mean by using unclassified country roads , in Devon these are deep narrow lanes, sometimes with grass growing in the middle.
off road isn't really possible as our countryside here is made up of separate fields usually with only one gate- one way in and same way out again, big granite walls and 6ft deep muddy ditches.
 
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bigpaul said:
I think our motorways are like your freeways, the only way on and off them is by using the on and off ramps.
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Technically we would call that "Controlled Access Highways" but most people use the general term "freeway" even though that is not technically correct. Toll roads are also controlled access but aren't free.

In many parts of "flyover country" the only controlled access roads are Interstate highways (e.g. I-20) so some places people might say "Interstate" instead of "freeway."

There is an older system of Federal Highways (e.g. US Hwy 80) that are a mixture of two lane, divided highway, and controlled access highway. And there are State Highways (e.g. Georgia 439) and County Roads. County roads may be asphalt or gravel roads.
 
i haven't got a clue what American highways are like, I have never been to America only what I see on the TV, I can only comment about British roads.
 
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there are things called "green lanes" which are supposed to be for off roaders and 4x4's, but I don't know of any in my area.
there are cycle paths which one could use in an emergency.
in Somerset-the next county- they have things called "drove roads" which were used in the old days by cattle and sheep drovers to take their stock to market, some are still open but a lot are overgrown.
that's the problem with footpaths too, unless they are used regularly and most rural ones aren't, they get overgrown and impassible.
 
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