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To: Alberta's Child

Yeah I can see the practical aspects of driverless cars but they’re very limited unless all are forced to use them. I can think of times when I might enjoy just riding and enjoying the scenery but I want the choice.


90 posted on 03/07/2015 7:55:55 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek
One of the few actual applications of self-driving technology today is a self-parking maneuver for some high-end cars.

There's a reason why this is the case: With a self-driving vehicle, the only feasible automated function in the event of a technological failure or malfunction is to stop the vehicle. Stopping a vehicle in a self-parking mode is harmless. Stopping a vehicle under normal driving conditions is disruptive at best and disastrous at worst.

92 posted on 03/07/2015 8:12:04 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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