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#1 of 39 Driverless Cars by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Jun 05, 2012 (6:54 am)

What seemed to be a pipe dream just a few years ago may be reality in 3 to 5 years.
 
Going to be fun working the bugs out of these.

#2 of 39 Proponents tout better safety as states consider regulation by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Jun 05, 2012 (6:55 am)

"California's state Senate approved a bill last month to allow road-testing of driverless cars. California joined Nevada, which passed similar legislation in March and licensed the nation's first self-driving vehicles in May. At least four more states — Arizona, Hawaii, Florida and Oklahoma — are considering legalizing autonomous vehicles.
 
Proponents of self-driving cars say the vehicles can reduce accidents, clear traffic congestion, lower emissions and transport blind or disabled people. Critics argue that the technology is unproven and could be unsafe."
 
Auto industry speeds toward driverless cars (Detroit News)

#3 of 39 Driverless Cars are Commonplace by lostwrench1

Jun 05, 2012 (7:29 am)

I see driverless cars everyday with the person sitting behind the wheel texting or fiddling with their cell phone.

#4 of 39 Re: Driverless Cars are Commonplace [lostwrench1] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Jun 05, 2012 (7:33 am)

Replying to: lostwrench1 (Jun 05, 2012 7:29 am)
LOLOL.
 
Quote of the Day.

#5 of 39 Re: Driverless Cars are Commonplace [lostwrench1] by fintail

Jun 05, 2012 (10:39 am)

Replying to: lostwrench1 (Jun 05, 2012 7:29 am)
You beat me to it. I invite anyone to come to the Bellevue-Redmond area...at times, maybe half the cars have no actual driver, just a warm pile of atoms sitting in the drivers seat making a random input now and then.

#6 of 39 Re: Driverless Cars are Commonplace [fintail] by fezo

Jun 05, 2012 (3:31 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jun 05, 2012 10:39 am)
We've had driverless cars in my area for decades. On closer inspection you see a pair of hands on the wheel and sometimes can catch the top of a hat at about the level of the bottom of the "driver's" window.

#7 of 39 Re: Driverless Cars are Commonplace [fezo] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Jun 05, 2012 (4:29 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Jun 05, 2012 3:31 pm)
That was me at my first traffic stop. At 13. Cop couldn't see anyone driving when he went past. Another decade or so and that'll be me again.
 
I've been on a few long stretches of road where you set the cruise at the speed limit and occasionally nudge the wheel with your knee (I-94 in Eastern Montana for example). If the car was driving itself, I could be scanning the horizon with my binocs, looking for antelope.
 
Usually I'm having too much fun just looking at the scenery go by. Maybe if I had a longing, boring commute every day, this tech would be handy.

#8 of 39 Re: Driverless Cars [steve_] by au1994

Jun 06, 2012 (3:32 am)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Jun 05, 2012 6:54 am)
Not for me. Not ever.

#10 of 39 Vehicle-to-vehicle communication by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Aug 21, 2012 (3:30 pm)

Connected Cars Get Major Real-World Test (Inside Line)
 

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