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Tony Bev


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I read the other day that Perth Western Australia, has been picked as a place to trial driverless cars

I suppose it would take a bit of enjoyment out of driving, it would probably be like sitting in an armchair, without our hands on the steering wheel, and without our feet on the pedals

Just as a bit of historical interest, a man by the name of Rowen Atkinson, had one of the first prototypes, in the early 1990's

Below is a link to a 2 minute 41 seconds, UTUBE showing the pros and cons of such a system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMW3Q7TQars

smilesmilesmile Enjoy smilesmilesmile



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Maybe in the future we can pack the car/caravan, wave goodbye as they pull out of the driveway, stay at home & wait for a postcard. Such fun! sleepy.gifsleepy.gif



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I can't wait for these driverless cars.

No need for 2+ cars anymore. only one for camping!

Who really likes driving in the city going to work?

Now I can imagine a time where you set the car and tug off to alice springs and you just jet in and meet the car there!

Not sure who is going to refuel the car!

interesting times we live in.

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Wasn't there a story many years ago when a person (in the USA of course) who'd just bought a Winebago and decided to put it in cruise control and climb into the back to make a coffee. Subsequently vehicle crashed and driver tried to sue the sales person / Winebago because the cruise control system was explained properly.

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How long will we have to wait for driverless car bombs?


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dorian wrote:

How long will we have to wait for driverless car bombs?

Got even better ones now. Called drones.



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Desert Dweller wrote:

Maybe in the future we can pack the car/caravan, wave goodbye as they pull out of the driveway, stay at home & wait for a postcard. Such fun! sleepy.gifsleepy.gif

 

Look on the bright side, DD

smilesmile Mr Atkinson has shown how to take back control, (from the outside), if your driverless vehicle does a runner on you smilesmile

In all seriousness what your visualisation has pointed out, is that waving the Recreation Vehicle goodbye, as you watch from the driveway, would be good therapy for the financially cashed up, but time poor people

They could watch videos of the dash camera, in between their busy periods



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RustyD wrote:

Wasn't there a story many years ago when a person (in the USA of course) who'd just bought a Winebago and decided to put it in cruise control and climb into the back to make a coffee. Subsequently vehicle crashed and driver tried to sue the sales person / Winebago because the cruise control system was explained properly.

 

I also read the story about the cruise control man in America, in the mainstream newspapers, (before internet) and thought that it was true, Rusty

I have just looked up snoops, to find that it was a hoax from the 1970's when cruise control first came out



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Tony.

Newspaper dated April 1 maybe?

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I did not see a need for driverless cars until speaking with my daughter recently it takes her sometimes two hours to come home from work ,through bumper to bumper traffic every day that's hardly moveing in sydneys peak hour traffic,now there's one very good use for them ,that sort of routine and concentration wares people down big time...



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I think these cars will be a great excuse for people to start some serious drinking again. After all - you are not driving it when you head home rolling drunk ????? Are you deemed to be 'in control'????


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I think these cars will be a great excuse for people to start some serious drinking again. After all - you are not driving it when you head home rolling drunk ????? Are you deemed to be 'in control'????

Good point. When my kids were on L plates I was deemed to be in control and could not exceed .05. Occasionally you read about a cyclist fined for over .05 and drunk in charge of a vehicle.

There was a local who used to get rolling drunk at a pub and the publican used carry him out, put him in a horse and cart, slap the horse on the backside and send them off home. The drunk got booked eventually. Probably the predecessor to a driverless car.



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Possibly a car could in theory receive demerit points for road traffic offenses.

It could also have an apparatus inserted into its tailpipe to check whether it's exceeded any levels set by the authorities.

At least the cops can't be rude to it like they do to humans. idea.gif

 



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Could you imagine the revenue loss to the government in fines with driverless cars.



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don't think for one minute that the government will lose money. They will just adapt and probably charge you by the KM...

Its only time before they charge you for the air you breathe...

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I imagine that the Government would have , or be bringing in more money, GST from increased liquor sales, reduced resources from police patrols, i.e. booze buses, less accidents, so less ambulance call outs, less fire & rescue, less hospitalisations etc.
How ever who gets charged if one goes through a red light?

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What happened to the good old days? confuse.gif

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Driverless demo tonight.

mailchi.mp/breeze/zeszhmhxwe-161757

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