Posted on 06/01/2015 1:42:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hey, she’s wearing a 2016 Santorum sweater skirt...way cool!
The 1956 motorama movie projected a future contrasted with the present; in the present (1956), a nuclear family of hot and perspiring convertible occupants are attempting to travel to the beach - but they are stuck, immobile, in an insufferable freeway traffic jam. In a flash-forward to the future, they are cruising at high speed in air conditioned comfort along an automated freeway (with no other vehicles to be seen) in their turbine-powered Firebird.
The concept (now over fifty years old) was that this future was not unreasonably remote, and would be provided by General Motors, yet is consistent with current projections (2008) for future automotive travel using electronic vehicle control and improved highway infrastructure.
How about this?
“Google car, take me to Safeway?”
“Are you sure? Based on the weight gain I’m detecting from your seat, perhaps we should head over to Weight Watcher’s instead...”
“No, I want to go to Safeway!”
“I’m afraid I can’t do that; Weight Watcher’s first. As soon as I scan your attendance ticket, then we’ll go to Safeway. And I’ll need to see your receipt, of course.”
It might be able to deal with single potholes, but what will it do with clusters of 20 or so?
And will it be able to distinguish between a shallow puddle and a foot-deep crater filled with water?
I hate turtle necks. A girlfriend gave me a turtleneck sweater, so I had to wear it. It chaffed and looked goofy. As soon as she went away, so did the sweater.
I did 69 once in a VW microbus. Google wasn't there.
Am I the only one who sees these cars as a future tool of dictators? Once they’ve become widespread in society, they’ll eventually become mandatory. And once that happens, forget going anywhere your Kitty Overlords (or any overlord) doesn’t want you to go.
I agree totally. But another "FReeper" informed me a while back that I was paranoid, and that "it can't happen here".
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