Posted on 06/11/2025 7:14:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I’d love to see an Uber make it to my house in the dead of winter or in mud season. Much hilarity will ensue. That’s why I drive an F350 dually.
I think I’d rather take my chances with AI software than with some of the drunk, drugged-up, non-English speaking illegals who are being given drivers licenses.
“I started taking driving defensively very serious”
Me, too. It’s paid off a lot. Just three days ago, I was headed through Cortina Ridge (part of the broader North Coast Ranges) east of Clearlake, CA to the Williams, CA in the Central Valley. After just getting down out of the mountains, I saw a guy coming toward me passing a car. He didn’t have enough room. Facing a head-on, I jammed the brakes and dove onto the right shoulder narrowly avoiding the accident. A mile farther on, a guy was stopped on the right side a cross road intersection. He stopped at the stop sign, but I’m always wary and hover the brakes with my left foot. Sure enough, he started pulling out right in front of me and got halfway into my lane. This time I hit the brakes and dodged him to the left, again just missing the accident. I can’t remember the last time I had close calls like that. Situational awareness, being prepared, and extreme defensive driving pay off.
If only my son would pick up some of these habits.
I never, ever had that attitude.
Well, on the bright side, maybe enough WAYMObiles will get burned up in the riots that Google will decide it isn’t worth the effort.
I am 76, live in the central part of a suburban city, two blocks from City Hall and the Police Department building.
I look forward to greater automation in vehicles as I feel it will extend the time that I can retain my mobility and independence. Yes, I can order groceries by computer and get them delivered, but I still enjoy going out and doing things or visiting friends.
As a professional engineer, I also know the limitations of automated vehicles. They don’t work well when the road is covered with snow, leaves or other things that obscure the lane markings, or visibility/sonar is impaired. Newer generations require sharing information with other vehicles on the road as well.
Still I think they are more positive for the elderly than dumb cars.
Jeffrey Tucker is a whiny little b*tch. I wish he would never write another sniveling weeping article. Hopefully Jeffrey will choke himself while committing adultery with his own pen in the fashion of the greeks.
We've had 15 Minute Cities for centuries. Some of our finer examples are Detroit, Camden, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, etc.
Waymo just needs to add self-driving hearses for 15 Minute Cities, ones where they can automatically paint an outline of a body on the ground before scooping the body up into the back.
Until you're in the computer controlled car and the drunk, drugged-up, non-English speaking illegal is barreling down on you.
You can scream at the dashboard to no avail while the computer keeps repeating, "I don't understand."
Will the driverless cars put chains or snowtires on when it snows?
It's programmed to slow down, stop, and "take the hit" because the car maker will be sued into oblivion the first time the car takes an overt action based on a "live or die" formula and someone gets killed.
The recent incident where a self-driving car swerved out of the way of traffic, it dragged a pedestrian down the block. Fortunately, the pedestrian survived.
“That’s why I drive an F350 dually”
The choice of seasonal tires is fundamental.
I like to point out to "mass transit" fans that personally owned vehicles are, in fact, a form of mass transit. It works pretty well outside of congested urban areas.
Both are characteristics of driving.
When it comes to the Urban stuff, it’s all about Free Parking [that which made America great.]
You need to plan to live closer to your kids....
Are you saying that steering a motor vehicle provides significant upper-body exercise?!
Regards,
Some “new” lives are worse than the old ones!
“I think they are more positive for the elderly than dumb cars.”
Agree 100%. Dependable driverless cars can make the difference between merely existing confined to home, and having a life worth living.
I’d have one in a heartbeat.
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