Nobody's Driving
Closed-course consumer opinion testing of Google's self-driving automobile prototype:
For once, I'll leave the snark aside and say something nice. I had not considered the impact such a vehicle would have on the blind until it was presented to me. It would be a godsend for them and expand their self-reliance enormously. Another huge benefit to society is that it would help take thousands of old asian women out from behind the wheel. (Sorry, sorry! I couldn't help myself... BAD JARHEAD! BAD! NO BEER!)
For once, I'll leave the snark aside and say something nice. I had not considered the impact such a vehicle would have on the blind until it was presented to me. It would be a godsend for them and expand their self-reliance enormously. Another huge benefit to society is that it would help take thousands of old asian women out from behind the wheel. (Sorry, sorry! I couldn't help myself... BAD JARHEAD! BAD! NO BEER!)
posted by Jar(egg)head at 10:15
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Once, not IF, but once this becomes viable, it will be a sea change in our society. The blind, aged, and even the handicapped will be allowed mobile freedom. Not to mention, no longer having to go pick the kids up from...anything. Just send the car. The only drawback I can see to it is the busy body muckety mucks will probably pass a law that all cars be equipped with auto-steer or be banned from the road. Can you imagine a day when you won't see a muscle car on the road? Of course this also means you won't be behind that 72 Pinto belching more smoke than a steam locomotive.
They can pry my 65 mustang from my cold dead fingers!!!
Davis has it right there. If these things become numerous on the road it will become an issue of liability. In an accident, did the Google car malfunction or is the human driver at fault. I ca see the libs refusing to believe that a computer could fail. Thus at some point, everyone will forced into some type of automatic vehicle.
Striving to achieve utopia will always end in a dystopia.
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