Why would you NOT want to drive this?Posted on 03/24/2018 7:58:36 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Could there be anything less American than driverless cars? I suppose sexbots might quality but certainly driverless cars are right up there.
Seriously, driverless cars have no place in the land that practically invented the open road, hit-the-road-Jack-never-come-back motif. And Michael Walsh agrees:
…these vehicles are emasculating, imprisoning, anti-American, and inhuman. And now, in the wake of the first fatal accident involving an “autonomous vehicle,” they’re deadly as well.
Whence comes this rush to robot cars? Did the public demand it? Or have our betters in the tech industry and in the bowels of the bureaucracy taken it upon themselves to correct our lamentable human failings and, in the name of “safety,” shove these vehicles down our throats?
He also touches on how the fear of terrorism has led to the trashing of the Fourth Amendment. Citing how we’re all subject to government overreach, unreasonable search and seizure at airports and “legal” snooping via your computer, phone (and bank records) he wonders “why would you climb into a robocar and take yourself hostage on purpose?” And notes that convenience “is no reason to voluntarily surrender your personal autonomy to something that will, by definition, be subject to close governmental scrutiny and control.”
All of which seems self-evident to anyone of a certain age. Not so for Millennials – many of whom didn’t even want to learn how to drive – who have been conditioned by propaganda to embrace mass transportation, Ubers and Zipcars. Not only do they feel they are saving the planet by not owning their own means of transportation. And it allows them to forego yet another right of passage to adulthood: the assumption of responsibility for owning and operating a set of wheels to get them from where they are to where they think they want to go. They’ll never appreciate that joie de vivre kindled simply by listening to a “road song” written to celebrate freedom and mobility – both euphemistically and literally. Pity, really.
Here’s just a partial list of my best ‘Hit the Road’ songs, feel free to add your own:
The Beach Boys — ‘Little Deuce Coupe’
Ronnie and the Daytonas – Little GTO – aka the “The Wah Wah song”
The Stills-Young Band — ‘Long May You Run’
Janis Joplin — ‘Mercedes Benz’
Wilson Pickett — ‘Mustang Sally’
Willie Nelson — ‘On The Road Again’
The Doors – Riders on the Storm
Prince — ‘Little Red Corvette’
Tracy Chapman — ‘Fast Car’
Don Henley — ‘Boys of Summer’
And of course the ultimate Motown car song, Aretha Franklin’s Freeway of Love (in her Pink Cadillac)
Mr. Walsh concludes his analysis of driverless cars with this:
But that’s what the land of the free is rapidly becoming: a nation of passengers, without even enough gumption to be backseat drivers. Enjoy the ride.
They once said “as GM goes, so goes the nation.” I say “no” to gray, soul-less, driverless cars. I say let’s make Motown great again and see how it works out for the rest of the country.
So let’s hit the road, Jack (and Jackie).
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Seriously, who is pushing this BS? Who’s “behind” it?
My favorite Motown car song:
Going to the Hop--The Satintones (1960)
It ain't got no brakes,
And when it's moving, it shakes.
It ain't got no top,
And I don't know how to stop.
But I'm going to the hop
In my raggedy jalop'!
Probably Soros, Bezos, Zuckerberg et al--the usual suspects.
It’s one reason I drive BMWs. They at least add some styling beyond the Dove Bar look. I have a Dodge Ram too, which also adds some styling. Granted, the look has been around sine 1994, but it is a handsome truck.
“Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.”
I like to say, there is genius in simplicity.
Technically a motorcycle song, but no road trip is complete without Bob Seger’s, “Roll Me Away.”
“I sure hope they hurry up with those self-driving cars so I can buy one before I get old enough to not be able to drive for myself.”
My opinion exactly. They would be “soul sucking” in an aesthetic way, but if they could provide a large measure of independence to us golden agers, that would be wonderful.
However "The Fast and The Furious" movies have been very popular with the younger generations, so maybe all is not lost with them?
Same reason that they bug their own homes on purpose.
Dude, take in the design aroma of 50's and 60's Chevrolet and Cadillac. Haha.
"I grew up Ford-based and still love them. But funny is I have never outright owned one myself. So far it is all GM."
I had a 1954 Ford Mercury that had much better lines than a '54 Chevy Bel Air. I also had a 1956 Ford Victoria with better design than the all popular '56 boxy Chevy. So yes, Ford did some good stuff.
"For ‘50s, a great all-too forgotten one is the great Continental Mk II. THAT is a beautiful line."
Absolutely. However, I still think the '58 Cadillac eldorado was the better design and wasn't as boxy. Plus it had suicide doors the Lincoln didn't include until later in '60's. Ever watch TV show or the movie, "Entourage"? It has an early convertible Continental with suicide doors. Just gorgeous. I'd trade our my Impala for that car any day. Obviously, I'm not a hotrod guy. I grew up cruising the Blvd's like in American Graffiti. Of course I enjoyed the speed of my friend's hotrods. "I got the need, the need for speed!"
“See...the...USA in your Chevrolet America is asking you to call” I get that earworm in my head whenever I drive around in the 64.
What I’m saying is the pedestrian needs to be aware of their surroundings. Crossing at night (Not in a crosswalk) should raise safety concerns. She had poor survival skills and paid for it.
Or the quote,
“People call ‘progress’ what is often nothing but change.”
Just because there is a change, doesn’t make it progress.
There are just too many variables for a moving heavy vehicle to be trustworthy.
And what is wrong with elevator operators? Besides cost? I’d sure like to have gas-station attendants back.
When they first passed seat belt laws in our state they said it is only if you are stopped for some other reason. They would NEVER stop you just for an unworn seat belt. Well guess what? They lied. The liberties noose only gets tighter never looser.
I think you need to read the article
again. Driverless cars are another
attempt at controlling the masses.
Sounds like you’re advocating giving
up one of your ultimate freedoms. The
ability of traveling when, and where
you want to go without someone watching
your every move. I would like to know
which parts of this article that you find
to be false or misleading?
Cadillac Boogie--Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy (1948)
I had to have a boogie when the woogie wouldn't wait.
Bought me a long, black Cadillac Eight.
It's all reet, solid, streamlined.
Our joy-jumping Cadillac's on time.
It's the cadillac boogie, boogie woogie rolling along
Look out gate, don't be late,
This rovin' cat's got a Cadillac Eight,
Air-foam cushions on a modern design,
V-eight motor, body Fleetwood line.
Keep rollin jack, makin' time,
That cat's purring, got eight kitten's cryin'.
It's the Cadillac boogie, yes the Cadillac boogie
It's the Cadillac boogie, boogie woogie rolling along.
Sportin' around town, want to make a date?
Get you a long, black Cadillac Eight.
Get to crusin' boy, ball on the scene,
Gals will start jumping and your money will be green.
It's the Cadillac boogie, boogie woogie rolling along.
Now that you have dug this Cadillac Eight,
Hepcat daddy don't miss no dates.
Traveling man, Herb and Brown,
Picking up all the fine chicks in town.
It's the Cadillac boogie, boogie woogie rolling along.
Roll the boogie!
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