Posted on 06/19/2017 1:10:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
California and other states would be barred from setting their own rules governing design and testing of self-driving cars, while federal regulators would be blocked from demanding pre-market approval for autonomous vehicle technology, according to a U.S. House Republican proposal reviewed by Reuters on Thursday.
The draft legislation, while far from becoming law, still represents a victory for General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc, Tesla Inc and other automakers and technology companies seeking to persuade Congress and the Trump administration to pre-empt rules under consideration in California, New York and other states that could limit deployment of self-driving vehicles.....
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This is what I’m talking about!
Plus, the whole road rage thing will be directed at your own car. Who will I give the finger to?
A flying car!!!
I want one of those...!
I make a 2000 mile "commute" twice a year; plus, I may be an Executor in a few years, where a 3000-mile "commute" may be necessary. You don't want me dozing off after 10 hours behind the wheel!
Driverless cars can't come soon enough...
Oops! Lane...
Bahaha!!! Hadn’t though about that.
A garbage headline
What are you supposed to do, if you are not driving? Sit and stare out the window because doing anything else causes motion sickness?
I suppose you can take a weekend trip to the (mountains, beach, farm, relatives) whatever, go to sleep on Friday night in the car, wake up refreshed on Saturday morning 500 miles away. Leave Sunday night, and wake refreshed on Monday morning, back home and ready to do the days duties.
“Since regular vehicles have federal standards so should driverless”
Darn right!
Some Dip wad state like CA would make it so all you have to do is make sure the car is ‘fair trade’ and ‘organic’ and ‘sustainable’ and who cares if it runs over people.
I suspect the provocative term “driverless vehicle” is being used to get attention, stir debate and add a “wow” factor to marketing efforts, and that it will soon be replaced with something like “semi automated vehicle” or “technology assisted driving”.
The actual application of robotics technology to privately owned vehicles is likely to be phased in and wind up somewhere along the continuum between human driven and robot driven.
In fact, we are already along that continuum. Consider the fact that many aspects of driving are already partially or fully automated. Lights, wipers, gear transmission, braking, acceleration (cruise control) and even parking are already fully or partially automated.
Autopilot has existed in rail, flight and marine transportation for many decades, and yet any trend toward increased use of autopilot functions stops short of being fully “driverless”. Somebody is always present to engage, disengage and monitor the autopilot function, and manual override is always an option.
Perhaps in space, in cases where “driving” consists of maintaining a fixed orbit or a fixed course for long periods, a driver may not be needed even to monitor the instruments, but I doubt driverless cars will be dropping kids off at kindergarten any time soon.
It would be senseless to have 50 sets of rules, some or many of which would not be compatible with others.
Unless you are prone to motion sickness, in which case you will sleep very poorly, if at all, and be constrained to sit quietly and just stare, mostly straight ahead.
The only thing that helps with motion sickness is driving. For some reason, the act of driving seems to override whatever goes on in the head to cause the sickness.
Driverless cars do *not* sound pleasant at all to me.
Insurance regs are going to be a big hurdle,probably expensive. Also,just the car itself is going to be more expensive. Where does this leave those unable to afford such a monstrosity? Also,suppose a driver-less car is involved in an accident with an older driver-controlled vehicle. Betting the driver-controlled will always be found at fault.
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