> > Two thoughts pop into my sleep-deprived brain on this idea: > > 1. Are we sure that the cars will have enough processing power to > > simultaneously drive themselves and communicate with others as more > > of these vehicles are on the road? (Gee, for some reason that sounds > > familiar...) > > I'm not sure if this is in reference to another thread, but I don't really > see this as being a hurdle. There are a bunch of experimental projects with > autonomous vehicles that communicate like a hive mind about each other's > position and activities. The tech may not be perfect yet (or it might be, I > dunno) but I don't see this as an unsurmountable problem. >
Actually, I was being somewhat sarcastic. This thread started out about how hands-free devices don't reduce distracted driving (in a nutshell). What's to prevent product designers from shoving so much automation, so much communication, so much functionality into an autonomous vehicle that it starts to overload the vehicle's ability to do what it needs to most, which is drive safely and avoid accidents? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
