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Wrecked cars are soaring right now because of COVID-19
Deseret News ^
| Sep 13, 2021
| Herb Scribner
Posted on 09/13/2021 4:25:31 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
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To: monkeyshine
I don't have any hopes for self driving vehicles. I Door Dash for a living (I've gone Galt to the best of my ability and will do so as long as I can survive) and GPS screwed me up so many times, I'd either be drowned in the Ohio River, off a cliff (or be part of it) or making love to a tree where it says there is a road but there is none. Many mines, the bum steers took me 4 miles from where I should be and thus was late. I can see maybe a self driving "slave semi(s)" who would follow a master semi with a human driver but beyond that, no. It's like the old 1982 song by Donald Fagen from Steely Dan, "IGY," where they kept promising a Jetson's future but reality gets in the way.
Of course there would be other jobs that could be automated and thus a concern for workers, but I think driving is really not one of them. It's just a self driving network of vehicles is like a Tower of Babel, kick out one or two things, the whole things goes down. it is really unworkable.
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09/13/2021 10:50:27 PM PDT
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MrLucky1966
(GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
To: SauronOfMordor
“The cost of replacing an airbag can be $1,000 to $1,500. If both driver and passenger bags deployed, that’s $3k right there.”
The headlights in our Honda CR-V cost $1,700 each.
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09/14/2021 6:02:12 AM PDT
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BBB333
(The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
To: BusterDog
I read a story today about the car plants shutting down due to the chip shortage. What surprised me was they said that new car costs are 40% higher because of the electronics !
To: odawg
“Old used cars. Move over Cuba.”
That’s pretty sad, isn’t it...
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09/14/2021 7:52:53 AM PDT
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moovova
(Joe Biden...Making the Taliban great again!)
To: Born to Conserve
#16 Electric vehicles are exploding... for real ! : )
Electric bus bursts into flames, sets nearby vehicles on fire in China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71cVhxG_v4
There will be no survivors in a electric car fire except by a miracle happening.
To: MrLucky1966
Thanks for telling your personal experience. I’ve given directions to a few people, and they say my address is all they need, but then get lost and it is really tough to explain where to go from there.
To: minnesota_bound
Right. Batteries are much more dangerous than gasoline.
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