The difference is that on an ordinary car if something malfunctions, unless
it's something directly in the engine that literally stops the car from
working, a sighted person can easily pull over to the side of the road or
whatever to check the problem and, if it's within their capabilities, fix
it. But we're talking about the vibrating gloves and seat on this supposed
blind car. If those or the supposed laser range technology that's supposed
to provide the map of the environment were to malfunction in mid drive then
you'd be screwed. You wouldn't know where to go to pull over or whatever so
you could safely call a mechanic or whatever. And whether you want to
believe it or not, if a blind person ever gets into an accident in one of
these cars it's not going to matter to the sighted community at large that
the problem could have been anything from a mechanical failure to an
encounter with one of the all too many idiot drivers, supposedly sighted
ones I might add, that populate the roads these days. Many of them are going
to immediately jump to the conclusion that blind people shouldn't be allowed
to drive and they're going to do everything in their power to make that
happen. And if Greedom Science Fiction can actually manage to win a
riddiculous lawsuit like the one they filed against Serotek, then a law
banning blind people from driving has a fair chance of passing if the right
people are behind it. But since this is an off-topic issue I believe I'll
stop here.
We are the Knights who saaaaay...Ni!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] driving blind
Using your theory, there would be no cars on the roads. If it doesn't
work 100 percent of the time, don't give it to people to drive. Very
unrealistic.
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Shepherds are the best beasts!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clement Chou" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] driving blind
I agree. And whatever mechanical malfunctions may happen, my theory is if
you can't get it to work 100%, then don't give it to people. I would
personally
much rather walk than drive a car that might malfunction and leave me as
good as stranded in the middle of a busy road. They can't guarantee 100%
perfection
100% of the time, and I think before they can do that, I personally feel
it should just become an experiment that went well that needs to be
tweeked.
At 11:58 AM 30/01/2011, you wrote:
Block quote start
That wasn't the point though. If the vibrating motors malfunction in mid
drive how are you going to know when to pull over or whatever?
We are the Knights who saaaaay...Ni!
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