many of those deaths are alcohol and drug related, possibly fixed with
self-driving cars
From: Ted Roche <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I doubt we'll see widespread adoption of fully autonomous road vehicles
> in any of our lifetimes.
I doubt the automobile will replace the horse. People want to feel in
charge, go where they want to go, and cars are so unreliable, breaking
down all the time.
> Even if the tech problems were solved, which
> they are far from being despite the hype, I'm still unclear as to what
> problem it would solve. Road deaths? I suspect putting the money into
> driver education and enforcement would yield better returns.
Despite pouring millions into education, insurance programs, safety
devices from seatbelts to airbags, deaths per million miles went UP
last year. In the US alone, 40 THOUSAND people died on the roads. The
fact is, people are lousy drivers, and imperfect automation is already
better, but the numbers.
> About the only sensible application I can see is for disabled people.
The only thing is, we're all disabled.
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