We had a situation in the local area last week that kind of argues to the benefits of self-driving cars.
Morning commute on the freeway, 65 MPH speed limit. Patches of fog and a little ice on the road. Hitting a dense wall of fog, some people slowed down rapidly (from 65 MPH), and some didn't. Net result was a 46 car pileup. Amazingly, nobody was killed, although some were hurt seriously. A bunch of robot cars with radar to sense the motion / presence of the cars in front, would have been very helpful that morning! Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Warner > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 3:33 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] RE, zoom zoom > > I am a passionate car guy, and I love to drive... > > ...but a) I would relish the opportunity on my daily commute to let my car > take over for me; and, b) more importantly, I would love to know that the > majority of drivers around me are *not* driving their car while putting on > makeup, eating a Big Mac, or whatever the hell else they do. We can > dramatically reduce the death rate in the US with the implementation of > "driverless" cars. A simple override switch on the autopilot can/will allow for > fun driving, but for much of typical driving needs, autonomous cars are not > only desirable, but I'd argue necessary. > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Electric Blue auto convertions < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Bruce, do you really want to have cars drive them selves? Think of it, > > there all lined up like small pea sized things all going 30 MPH, 20 > > feet apart, all going in a str8t line . That to me would be like a > > open coffen being put in the ground, maybe that's what I would want > > for me if that happened. You take the fun from driving and that's what you > get. > > What about all the people walking around, like zombies there targets > > for mad drivers, I have a brake light cut off switch on m y Ford F250 > > for tail gaters, they get to close I stomp on the brakes, they run > > into a 200 Lb rear bumper I made from 1/4 inch plate steel, dont take > > my fun from me !! > > The world needs stupid drivers, if there weren't any ,the news > > wouldn't have any thing to report. Police wouldn't be able to write > > tickets for speeders and drunk drivers. now we have police with out a > > job. crime runs amuck !!! Look at automobiles now, they have more > > software than the Lunar lander, so complex you cant work on them,,,and > its going to get worse . > > > > "They" know where you are at all times, "They" can see how your > > driving, "They" know if you have your seat belts on. and it will get > > worse . I build electric cars/trucks, I do it for the money the > > business brings, the fords > > 428 engine still cranks out huge amounts of noise and horse power . > > and a bumper sticker on the rear bumper says, " Born to pollute" > > > > Willi Mc Kimmi came to my shop to pick up a bunch of LiOn cells I sold > > him with his tesla, It had more do-dads that I could imagine . and the > > poor guy had to plan every trip to make sure he got where he was > > going. I have 6 gas pumps in front of my shop . I dought I will ever > > plan a trip in a electric and I build the dam things !!! just my 2 > > cents > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > scrubbed... > > URL: < > > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140113/298 > > 9e5f3/attachment.htm > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev- > evdl.org/attachments/20140113/bdf6b298/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
