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Quote: I very much prefer the danger of dying on the road for my mistake or another one's mistake
In my experience dying on the road for another's mistake is far more likely than one of my own. I've been involved in two very bad collisions and in each case I had only enough time to take my foot off the throttle and brace for impact. If my car had been computer controlled, the only possible difference may have been reaction time and a very small reduction in velocity. Had the other vehicles been computer controlled the collisions would not have happened.
I'm still here, but some proportion of the planet's population seems to desire it otherwise.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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While seeing more and more software involved with cars, we didn't saw any effort to secure that software. Have too much cases of hacking into car software and controlling its behavior...Without drastic changes in that field self-driving cars will be the new walking-bombs and probably will be no problem of human-part supply...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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"...your new Ford comes pre-installed with McAfee Antivirus and Symantec Firewall technology..."
ARRGGHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It frightens the life out of me to think my life might be in the hands of a computerised lethal weapon. I DO NOT WANT IT. Technology is taking over far to many things for which I like to be the one in control. I'm still grieving for my old Morris Minor, leaky back window and all.
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But...you fly, don't you?
You eat processed foods? Drink beers, wines...? Use prescribed medications sometimes?
All of those are already controlled by computers for most of their lives...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes, but I also get a great kick out of driving even on today's roads. The thought of just sitting there appals me. The same applies to electric cars and automatics. I've been driving for over 50 years and I still like my gear shift. Except when I was in the States where it was virtually impossible to hire anything except automatics. Even the Ford Mustangs I used to hire were automatics. What sacrilege.
I don't care how products are made. When I come to come to make use of them, I want them to be manually driven. I'll eat my food with a knife and fork, I'll drink my beer with a bent elbow. When I drive a car, I'll push the pedals, change the gears and turn the steering wheel.
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There was a joke about manual and automatic cars. With no disrespect to all who drive cars(I am not from them) here it goes:
"Ladies, if your boyfriend is driving an automatic, I have news for you: You have a girlfriend."
Sorry if this post comes directly from Leslie.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Bring it on!
Down here in the glorious South East of the UK, I think I can say fairly safely that people drive like total ****ers. There's always some BMW about 60cm from the back of your car. Parking is a problem, finding a space and then opening the doors enough to get out once you've done that. Automatics are a good idea because it will prevent your left leg from dying of overuse in everyday traffic.
I've completely fallen out of love with driving (Sorry, Toyota), so the idea of an automated car - a private taxi that will ferry me around is hugely appealing. And as someone said, a car that can drive you to the pub then home again afterwards? Yes, yes, oh yes.
And despite concerns, I can't see it doing a worse job of navigating the roads than the typical 4x4 on the morning school run.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: always some BMW about 60cm from the back of your car
Only in thick fog: normally they are closer. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Quote: Only in thick fog: normally they are closer
FTFY: In thick fog they need to be closer so they can see your lights.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Rob Philpott wrote: always some BMW about 60cm from the back of your car
I found the perfect solution for that...Slow down - carefully - to walking speed at the very point it can't pass you by...Speed up if there is a possible bypass and slow down again if there is not...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Sound advice, and I do use a variant on that. It just ends up with both the car behind and myself getting frustrated at the speed then.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I have never pulled very slowly over so that the BMW can put his foot down and pass me gesticulating wildly.
And certainly I have never done it just as a police car was coming up the slip road... :EvilGrinSmiley:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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If I see police car I actually let him pass me and hit the horn hard at the very moment he is out on the opposite lane...In 99% of the cases the police pulls him over...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Sometimes, you have to be kind, to be cruel!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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This, of course, is not vexatious: You need to add their "thinking distance" to your own as clearly they have no time to react, which invariably means you have to go slower. That's the reasoning excuse I use!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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PhilLenoir wrote: vexatious
Is that an accusation?! Beware, my friend, or I will type slower, much slower!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Not at all, I'm sure you're NEVER vexatious! 
... I'll just overtake (I can touch-type you know!)
... and I don't drive a BMW, I drive a Honda Insight (being as green as Kermit).
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Its just the same in Israel. I'd say that most Israeli drivers drive like lunatics, but I don't waant to insult the lunatics.
I would love an automated vehicle (a tank, by preference  )
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You should try Quebec City. In some places the exit lanes on the highways start immediately after the entrance lanes and they have no concept of adjusting speed to join/leave AND they drive so close that you sometimes need a feeler gauge, not a tape rule, to measure the gap. Added to that, in winter 10' piles of snow piled right up to the corners of side-turnings, so they just close their eyes and pull out.
You need take speed to drive there and valium when you reach your destination.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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If you get the tank - I have a driving license for that...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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It's a deal.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Its not for me as I wouldn't want to leave my life in the control of a computer on wheels when there are also other idiots on the road that aren't on a leash
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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I think that's just initial suspicion. It was the same when .NET came out, I was convinced that the garbage collector was the work of the devil, but it turns out if can do the job much more reliably than I can.
This is why the trials will be so interesting. If people have confidence in the safety its just one less thing to do. You could sleep, read, watch TV, have breakfast, entertain the missus all on the way to work. Awesome. I'd like one with a bath in it.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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