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It really is hands free! Self-driving Mercedes-Benz is unveiled - and it should be available within
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| 07:02 EST, 12 September 2013
| Ellie Zolfagharifard
Posted on 09/13/2013 9:54:52 AM PDT by null and void
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Would Hastings approve?
To: null and void
I can see the insurance issues now:
Officer: Your car hit him!
But I wasn’t driving!
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posted on
09/13/2013 9:59:06 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Seen any scandal headlines lately?)
To: null and void
If a Drone can get hacked, so can this. What a Buggy Ride that would be. “Look a cliff! Whew that was close.”
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posted on
09/13/2013 9:59:13 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: null and void
But driving is fun! Why would anyone want a self-driver? But then again I don’t understand why some people want an automatic rather than standard transmission.
To: null and void
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:01:00 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: null and void
Bad enough with the stupid auto brake system. Pumping is better...more control. Those brakes can’t “see” the circumstances. And the system is darn expensive to fix.
To: Anoreth
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:02:59 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Think of Christ's suffering.)
To: AtlasStalled
So what happens when you drink and the car drives you home?
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:05:13 AM PDT
by
Kozak
("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms.....")
To: AtlasStalled
While I do enjoy driving my car, the ability to actually go to a bar and drink something at all because the car can get me home does hold some appeal. Also on particularly long trips, sometimes it would be nice to take a nap or read.
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:06:56 AM PDT
by
drbuzzard
(All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
To: null and void
I'm afraid this will be mandatory some day and only "qualified" humans will be allowed to drive manually or without computer assist.
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:07:53 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: drbuzzard
Might come in handy on a first date with a hottie. LOL Okay okay third date. Sheesh.
To: null and void
Let’s think about it. A car sideswipes you...what kind of action does the car take since there is a car in front, in back and on the other side and everyone is traveling at 65 mph.
To: drbuzzard
To: AtlasStalled
” I dont understand why some people want an automatic rather than standard transmission.”
You’ve never had to drive 40,000 miles a year in Los Angeles!!
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:14:29 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: null and void
Cars that you occupy but don’t drive are called buses, trains, taxis, trolleys.....Get it??
To: null and void
Not sure this will take off, but the rear view camera was a good idea. My SO’s car has it and as I was backing out I almost hit the garbage can if not for the warning.
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:17:09 AM PDT
by
A Navy Vet
(An Oath is Forever!)
To: Sacajaweau
It goes into Terminator mode to get the offending auto. lol
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:18:20 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Sacajaweau
Bad enough with the stupid auto brake system. Pumping is better...more control. Those brakes cant see the circumstances. And the system is darn expensive to fix.
Mmmm.... Not necessarily. You only have one brake pedal. ABS can brake the wheels individually, which can be great in slippery conditions.
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posted on
09/13/2013 10:20:32 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There's no salvation in politics.)
To: BitWielder1
only "qualified" humans will be allowed to drive manually or without computer assist.And hackers, of course.
/johnny
To: null and void
My car is a late model German car that has "active" cruise control.It's kinda cool in a way but very,*very* imperfect.I've tried to allow it to control the car in "stop & go" driving and it *did* work....as traffic started up the car would accelerate and when traffic was slowing down my car would brake.No collisions.However,the process was very,*very* herky jerkey...very uncomfortable.
I'm particularly unimpressed with this feature which,I assume,uses the same type of sensors and computers that this self driving car would.
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