Posted on 01/16/2016 6:03:57 PM PST by Rockitz
In the Obama Administration’s latest welfare for Silicon Valley billionaires, the President intends to ask Congress for $4 billion in federal subsidies and nationalization of transportation safety regulations in an effort to speed the deployment of driverless cars.
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, surrounded by about a dozen auto and Silicon Valley tech leaders, announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that the U.S. Department of Transportation Agency intends to remove “potential roadblocks to the integration of innovative, transformational automotive technology that can significantly improve safety, mobility, and sustainability.†These code words mean driverless regulatory design is being turned over to Silicon Valley.
Fox also released a statement that details President Obama’s request for the 2017 budget to steer about $400 million in each of the next 10 years to “test pilot programs to test connected vehicle systems in designated corridors throughout the country, and work with industry leaders to ensure a common multi-state framework for connected and autonomous vehicles.†These code words mean big subsidies flowing to Silicon Valley.
There is nothing new about the concept of self-driving “autonomous vehicle automation.†For decades, robot vehicles have been transporting materials in factories and gigantic Caterpillar 100-ton computer-guided dump trucks have transported ore around mine sites. Closed-loop transportation ecosystems are easy to program and a central controller can usually be positioned in a tower above the worksite to visually maintain control.
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Just
No
Truck drivers are about the job market that’s doing OK because so many people can’t pass the drug tests, so let’s destroy those jobs too.
And the sugar daddy clowns in Congress will give it to him, no questions asked.
Solyndra Take 49...
I want $4 Bil to get rid of Hussein and all Muzzie Broz accolades.
I want $4 Bil to get rid of Hussein and all of his Muzzie Broz acolytes.
Why do we need driverless cars?
If I want to travel without driving I would take ... a train ... or a plane .... or a boat ... or a bus.
I’ll take $300 & promise to hide under the steering wheel as I pass by
Use those cars to cart the pols around. Driverless cars full of brainless politicians. Brilliant!
Remember ALGAE OIL..?
Yeah, using biotech they reprogram algae to make certain fats that they turn into oil.
$150 per gallon..! For the US navy.
And the USN bought BILLION$ of that stuff, which maintenance people widely consider responsible for screwing up navy engines.
Oh..! Obama’s big donors own the company that makes it in South San Francisco.
Big surprise, right?
“Why do we need driverless cars? “
Definitely a solution in search of a problem.
The money would be worth it if he volunteered to be the crash test dummy for the cars.
I need someone to tell me WHO is going to insure a ‘driverless car” ???
I am insured, as the driver of my vehicles. My driving record is a facet of such premiums.
What insurance company is going to insure a FRIVERLESS CAR???
None of this makes sense to me.
Hard enough when you get hit by an uninsured vehicle & driver. What will this lead to???
I need someone to tell me WHO is going to insure a ‘driverless car” ???
I am insured, as the driver of my vehicles. My driving record is a facet of such premiums.
What insurance company is going to insure a DRIVERLESS CAR???
None of this makes sense to me.
Hard enough when you get hit by an uninsured vehicle & driver. What will this lead to???
Beyond stupid.
There is so much more we could do with 4 billion dollars, like beef up our military and impeach Barack Obama and put Hillary Clinton on trial for being a total crook.
That is OUR MONEY, not old Jug Ears' money.
Government pissing away more money picking winners that they like.
What a crock of poo.
Driverless cars for a leaderless country.....
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