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Senate Approves Legislation to Get Self-Driving Cars On U.S. Roads
Futurism ^ | October 1, 2017 | Claudia Geib

Posted on 10/01/2017 8:16:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: marktwain
There were 1.25 million road traffic deaths in 2013.

No, that number relies heavily on estimates, not hard data. Even if you accept the numbers (and this IS from the UN, which immediately makes it suspect), the United States has a fairly low deaths-per-100,000 population number of 10.6.

And they don't give you deaths-per-mile driven or data which takes into consideration the numbers of vehicles in use, which I would think would be better indicators. The countries with the highest estimated death totals and deaths per 100,000 are almost exclusively 3rd world countries in Africa and Asia.

Your two year "payback" claim assumes too many things that are not likely happen anytime soon.

41 posted on 10/02/2017 2:41:53 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: marktwain
They need to be autonomous (that means not required to be connected to anything). GPS is passive, not active. It does not require connection to a network.

All the original work on autonomous vehicles required no connection that could be hacked.

Things can change. But most likely, connecting to a network will be an option, not a necessity.

Yes, passive GPS only gives you location data. What is done with that data is another question, as anyone who uses in-car navigation will tell you.

Regulations are already in place (though I understand they were put on hold by the Trump administration) that require vehicles in a few years to be able to communicate with each other to assist in accident avoidance. It sounds good on the surface, but who or what would also be able to "talk" to your car, and for what reason?

Even today, more and more vehicle manufacturers are including Internet capability in their products. As the enabling legislation for autonomous vehicles is translated into regulations, it seems certain that Internet connectivity will be mandated. Homeland Security will demand the ability to remotely shut down vehicles that are suspected to be in use by terrorists. And that's all it would take.

Once the hardware is in place, the software that uses it will evolve in ways that we might not be aware of or have any ability to accept or reject. As with today's "black boxes", any attempt to disable them will render the vehicle inoperable.

As you say, it can't be a requirement specifically for autonomous operation, but once universal in-car Internet or other forms of connectivity are implemented, there is nothing to stop the Deep State from using them for nefarious purposes.

42 posted on 10/02/2017 3:32:07 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Immunity is already being written. Read it somewhere about a week ago. Wish I’d saved the link.


43 posted on 10/02/2017 3:35:31 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: stylin19a

Sometimes technology isn’t as effective as a human mind and may get one in more trouble because it can’t see that the shoulder of that curve one is going too fast into has a big rut, loose gravel, a standing puddle, or a huge root sticking up as it decided to activate its “safety” measures.


44 posted on 10/02/2017 3:46:33 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Olog-hai
Who would actually buy one of these?[/quote]

I'd break my new car rule to own one.

The fewer bots on my car, the better. The last thing I want is for them to drive me around; the last thing.

Why?

I spend at least fours hours in a car each week just going to work. 200 hours a year, just to commute. So I burn literally over a week of each year wasting my time keeping a watch out that some moron doesn't run into me, and waiting for a light to turn green. Yippee.

Freed from that utterly routine and mundane task I would gain back a week of time to do something I would rather being doing. Over the course of a career that's practically a year of free time gained, just being freed from the commute.

Sign me up.

45 posted on 10/02/2017 3:52:40 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Gunslingr3

When the government wants this more than the consumer does, there’s a malicious bent at play.

And two hours each way daily? I did that “extreme commute” myself for about a six-month stretch about fourteen years ago, only because of the money I was getting. No way I’d trust a bot to that. I’d worry more about what the bot was doing and never take my eyes off the road straight ahead.


46 posted on 10/02/2017 4:08:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: marktwain

You brought up GPS. Imagine a scenario when these cars are attached to GPS. It’s not uncommon for GPS to direct a car into deadly situations. What’s to stop some maniac hacking GPS and directing cars into oncoming traffic?


47 posted on 10/02/2017 4:14:03 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Have to wonder how many millions some lobbyist(s) got, to help get this passed in Congress.


48 posted on 10/02/2017 4:43:35 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: grania

Google “GPS spoofing”.


49 posted on 10/02/2017 4:44:59 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Your two year “payback” claim assumes too many things that are not likely happen anytime soon.


It is not a “payback”. Just a number to show that using only the U.S. numbers isn’t valid.

Yes, numbers in the third world are unreliable.

The question was how long would it take to save millions.

The answer is that millions could be saved in a reasonable amount of time.

Lots of assumptions and unknowns in this subject, to be sure.


50 posted on 10/02/2017 4:45:26 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain
It is not a “payback”.

True, hence the quotation marks!

51 posted on 10/02/2017 4:52:05 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: marktwain

“Only if the accident is between driverless cars, and then only if the manufacturers are not given a form of liability immunity, and then only of the owner meticulously had all the required maintenance and checks done, and the maintenance shop had all their records, calibrations, and procedures up to date.”

you’re talking about how to win such lawsuits. none of what you mention will STOP the lawsuits from occurring in the first place.

giant pods of lawyers will be all over accidents in “driverless” cars like sharks in a frenzy tearing apart bloody chum.


52 posted on 10/02/2017 10:03:03 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: cableguymn

Same thought here. May all the Senators who voted for this be victims of self-driving cars in the District. Hacking the self-drive software and using facial recognition for targeting shouldn’t be all that difficult.


53 posted on 10/02/2017 10:06:56 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s a two-fer!

Money from tech companies for allowing cars.
Money from unions for not allowing trucks.

Double donations get laws passed in a hurry!!!!!!!


54 posted on 10/02/2017 10:10:08 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Wuli

It’s not a legal requirement, it’s a logistical requirement. Having them talk to the internet creates many many problems (hackers being only 1 relatively small entry on the list) with no real benefit. Which is why nobody is trying to do it that way.


55 posted on 10/02/2017 10:17:36 AM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: Olog-hai

Consumers do want this. most of the surveys around it show about 20% interest. Which mean more people want this than motorcycles. I’m doing a long trip this weekend, I’d love a self driving car, 3 hours home from Glendale is gonna kind of suck, way better if I could sleep.


56 posted on 10/02/2017 10:22:39 AM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Because, you know, self driving Cars are on the top of the really, really important issues of the day list.

What a bunch of wankers.


57 posted on 10/02/2017 10:24:29 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Olog-hai
When the government wants this more than the consumer does, there’s a malicious bent at play.

There is no way in hell someone else wants me to have a robot car more than I do. Nothing malicious at play, just the recognition that most people would be happy to be free of the utterly mundane task of keeping a car between the lines, not running over the car in front of you, and stopping at lights. Behind that demand some recognize opportunity to profit, hence the investment.

BTW, that was 4 hours weekly going to work. Not counting time lost on other trips. I don't share your paranoia with regard to autopilots. I even get into commercial airplanes. How do you square your FUD with the real world results thus far of self driving cars?

58 posted on 10/02/2017 10:34:40 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Gunslingr3

In general, the government does want this more than the consumer does. I have seen absolutely no demand for these things among the vast majority of consumers. That’s fine if you’re the exception. But I have no trust for hackable bots, or bots that can go awry.

Incidentally, these are not autopilots.


59 posted on 10/02/2017 6:11:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: discostu

Surveys conducted by whom?


60 posted on 10/02/2017 6:12:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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