Autonomous Vehicles, LEAF and others...

[timhebb]

Hmmm...the clearer this vision of an efficient robot-car-service future becomes to me, the less I care for it.

I think I'm going to miss driving myself through the In-N-Out window, picking up my order of animal fries and burger, and finding a quiet place to park and enjoy them, looking mindlessly out at the world through my windshield. In the future, it sounds like the vehicle's meter would be running the whole time, I wouldn't get to drive it myself, and I might get charged a clean-up fee if I spilled some ketchup on the car seat.

Doesn't sound like much of a good time to me...

[TomT]

It sounds great in theory but we all know how theories often turn out in the real world...

The benefits will far out weigh the negatives.

[PaulScott]

It sounds great in theory but we all know how theories often turn out in the real world...

The benefits will far out weigh the negatives.

Do you mean like the theory of gravity or the theory of evolution? I'm not sure which theories you're referring to.

[TomT]

Head South and/or East and there will be plenty of folks happy to debate the theory of evolution with you!

Do you mean like the theory of gravity or the theory of evolution? I'm not sure which theories you're referring to.

[DNAinaGoodWay]

Are they using the same software developers that gave us Carwings?

[GRA]

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Yogi Berra

[TomT]

Are they using the same software developers that gave us Carwings?

[mbender]

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Yogi Berra

And about freeways, he might have said "Nobody uses them anymore -- they're too crowded."

Gotta love Yogi

Edit: and if, in the future, highways are full of autonomous robot-cars running around to pick up their next appointment,
his statement* could not only turn out to be possible, but true (as many YB-isms are)!

* emphasis on nobody.

[smkettner]

I can't wait for the unmanned UPS truck to drop off my latest robot filled/shipped Amazon order.

[TomT]

I hope they didn't use the same technology in the autonomous Leaf...

From the IIHS's test on collision avoidance systems: "The tests demonstrate that most manufacturers still have work to do in perfecting the systems. The insurance trade group, for instance, found the braking wasn't enough to stop the vehicle in the 12 and 25 mph tests of the Infiniti JX SUV. The Toyota Prius V wagon scored so poorly that it didn't qualify for an IIHS front crash prevention rating."

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