Actually, I wasn't endorsing the idea of the "state-owned vehicles" which was part of Ed's comment. But I used the word "authority" because I'm assuming even if it was a privately outsourced service, it would be heavily regulated.
My point was more about the fact that I can just see someone eating in the cars, leaving either their valuables or their trash in the cars, doing drugs or drinking in the cars and all sorts of fun and wonderful stuff that we can't even or won't imagine. Do you want a car show up at your house to take you and the family to a movie and find inappropriate stuff in the car? Because you know it will happen. :) The real challenge a privately held corporation will have in providing this kind of service is one of liability. Just take a look at late night tv and you can see how much litigation is generated by the drug industry. I'm guessing that "Big Car Sharing" businesses would be just as much of a target as "Big Pharma", "Big Food", etc. All it will take is one accident and the attorneys will be lined up with class-action lawsuits ready to go. However, I do see programming opportunities here: 1) Ride Order Processing and Customer Management Systems 2) Cleaning Schedule Management Systems 3) Maintenance Scheduling Systems 4) Compliance Management Systems 5) Web-Based & Mobile Based Ordering Systems 6) Customer History Tracking Systems (Where they been, where they are going, who they spoke with, etc) 7) Audio Analysis of captured conversations while in transit (NSA & Homeland notified only when necessary) 8) In Car Camera monitoring systems (legal purposes only such as in defense of accidents, of course!) Paul H. Tarver -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 8:54 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy State owned vehicles? That one crossed the line. Big Brother is more present today that ever. On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Paul H. Tarver <p...@tpcqpc.com> wrote: > I like the idea of what you suggest Ed, but the reality will not be good. > Most people are slobs. Don't believe me? Look in the windows of cars > in parking lots anywhere in the Country and you'll see what I mean. > And I'm just as guilty as the next person, so I'm not calling anyone > out here without calling out myself too. > > I can just imagine how some of these "shared" ride cars would be like > on the inside after a few hundred trips even if the authority running > the program cleaned the cars on a regular basis. > > Paraphrasing George Carlin, "my mess is stuff and your mess is gross". > :) > > Paul H. Tarver > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed > Leafe > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:08 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy > > On Nov 11, 2017, at 1:53 AM, Stephen Russell <srussell...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Why not rent when you need the vehicle as in your expample, not your > > personal life. > > Sure, if the vehicle would come to my house when I need it, and when I > return home, it drives itself away. Or if I want to travel somewhere > for the day, I would want to rent it to get there, and then again to > return home, but not for the hours/days that I am there. A fleet of > state-owned autonomous cars would give me that freedom: pay for what > you need, and not for idle time. > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/00b601d35c93$5b1929c0$114b7d40$@tpcqpc.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
