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Driverless Car to Begin Cross-Country Trip Sunday
ABC News ^ | 03/21/2015 | CORINNE CATHCART

Posted on 03/21/2015 2:53:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Delphi Automotive PLC driverless-car is shown in this press photo.

PHOTO: The Delphi Automotive PLC driverless-car is shown in this press photo.

Delphi's Chief Technology Officer Jeff Owens said the car has been successfully tested on streets in California and Las Vegas, but the cross-country trip will be the car's "ultimate test."

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1 posted on 03/21/2015 2:53:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Sigh. “NEW, NEW, NEW! Driverless Car(includes driver)!”


2 posted on 03/21/2015 3:00:01 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Give us the route and times please so we can stay clear.


3 posted on 03/21/2015 3:00:57 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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THERE IS NO DRIVER IN...


4 posted on 03/21/2015 3:01:00 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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Will a driverless car be stopped by the Border Patrol at checkpoints?

Can it cross into Canada and Mexico without stopping?

Will a cop ask, “If you have nothing to hide ...?”

Is it subject to asset forfeiture?

Who gets the ticket if it is speeding; in fact, how does it know to pull over for lights or siren?


5 posted on 03/21/2015 3:01:23 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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It will soon be possible to put the kids in the car and send them to grandma.


6 posted on 03/21/2015 3:01:34 PM PDT by Baynative (You can judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.)
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The “Driverless Car” has a driver:
“...There will be a driver in the car ready to take over if need be.
The driver can take control of the car immediately in case of emergency...”


7 posted on 03/21/2015 3:04:13 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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Old news. Autonomous vehicles have b been capable of this for years, I think over a decade by now.

The potential for significant increases in freedom is great, as long as we do not allow the government to be in control of the car. As of now, they are not. The vehicles really are autonomous.

The increase in safety will likely be significant. Most vehicular accidents are caused by driver error, and most of those will be eliminated by an autonomous vehicle.


8 posted on 03/21/2015 3:05:44 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
A human could jeopardize the mission.

Just saying.

9 posted on 03/21/2015 3:06:29 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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Well, once we’re all moved into the town center and the 250 sq/ft apartments, we’ll have no need for cars anyway. Right? That’s only for “special” people.


10 posted on 03/21/2015 3:06:29 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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“It will soon be possible to put the kids in the car and send them to grandma.”

Will be an extreme shortage of these cars in Mex-he-co, El Salvador, Costa Rica, etc.


11 posted on 03/21/2015 3:06:51 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (We're depending on a dept. to negotiate a nuclear arms treaty that can't even run a email system.)
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Great news if you want the government driving your car.

This will be great for the government when nobody’s car will go anywhere near the concentration camps. Will keep those pesky dissenting citizens out of the jailers’ hair.


12 posted on 03/21/2015 3:07:23 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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Is there zero commonsense about this? Just imagine someone loading a driverless car full of explosives and sending it on its way to any programmed destination.


13 posted on 03/21/2015 3:08:09 PM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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How does the driverless car operate? does it have a computer chip in it? does it get directions on where to go from internet map sites? What if something malfunctions?


14 posted on 03/21/2015 3:08:32 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Will be an extreme shortage of these cars in Mex-he-co, El Salvador, Costa Rica, etc. ==

You can pile the kids on top (Like Romney did?).


15 posted on 03/21/2015 3:09:46 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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This really gives Progressives a sexual thrill. Think of being able to pre-program automobile travel!

Libs aren't good drivers as it is, since it requires more concentration than they are equipped with, so the least distracting opinion, say a question about chem trails on NPR, and they rear end a school bus.

16 posted on 03/21/2015 3:10:22 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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And Danika Patrick thought *she* was a target. LOL


17 posted on 03/21/2015 3:15:03 PM PDT by ladyjane
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I read that they've scheduled it to be displayed at the NY Auto Show early next month.I'll be attending the show (as I always do) and will make sure to give it a least a quick peek (after I've checked out the $500K Benzes).
18 posted on 03/21/2015 3:21:29 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama;A Low Grade Intellect With Even Lower Morals)
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So a month from now the driverless car shows up filthy, splattered with blood and with body parts sticking out of the grill.


19 posted on 03/21/2015 3:21:30 PM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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I'll be impressed when a driver-less car drives up and down Interstate I95 North of the City of Philadelphia for one year.
This is a high fatality route where you can be driving at 65 mph and be confronted with a wall of stopped cars, while the cars behind you are barreling down on you.
I have driven that highway for 18 months and I have had to make evasive maneuvers to avoid getting rear ended at high speed.
20 posted on 03/21/2015 3:23:17 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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