i cant wait for driverless cars!!

[snapper]

Add me to the ranks of drivers who prefer manual transmissions; as is my wife and our two daughters (who objected to my having them learn to drive that way but now love it as well). I do see the value of eliminating shuttle runs but only to an extant. Even the typical shuttle run can be fun if you're doing it with the right people.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[yellowcanoe]

Up in North Maine Woods Google Maps thinks I am in the middle of the lake and wants me to turn.. No way are those maps updated as fast as the roads. .. with six moose per person.. And driverless cars depend on ..lane markings? What are those? Do they know the rules of right of way where cars no matter what never have the right of way over logging trucks?

My Oregon 450 with Topo maps is more accurate.. and that screen way tinier to read. Maybe Artificial Intelligence could.

GPS is a whole bunch better than driving around ten lanes of Freeway your arse looking pucker powered in rush hour traffic while solo you deal with sheets of Map Quest though

But a GPS rant.. not all systems are alike.. When a delivery is made that isn't UPS or Fed Ex. the delivery person winds up on the wrong side of the lake.. You see at one time my road had the same name as another road.. Sometimes we get yelled at for giving bogus directions; when we tell them that they could drive over were there ice on the lake.. But in July its a nine mile extra drive. One time I had to go escort a delivery person.. ( it was some big item like a generator)

 

[Grandpa Paddler]

No driverless cars for me. I'm not even sure I like using A GPS (we have 2). We were making a trip to friends' cottage and, having never been there before, Plugged in the GPS, entered the address and started driving. After 1 1/2 hrs driving, the GPS told me 'turn left', it was a dirt road but off we went. After a few minutes GPS said 'turn right'. it was obviously a private road - it was gated! Continued on the dirt road several miles, all the time being told to turn around, finally came to an intersection with pavement. GPS finally recalculated and we finally got there. When we related the tale to our host, they laughed. Turns out the paved road we turned off of was the same road we ended on at the end of the dirt road!!!

 

[frozentripper]

Car commercials often show drivers driving their new shiny machines on tremendously scenic roads, through the desert or in mountains, rain forests filled with wildlife, parked on remote beaches, and any number of places guaranteed to be high quality eye candy. But the great dirty everyday reality for many drivers is smog-filled urban congestion, gridlock, neverending bumper-to-bumper traffic... drive to work, drive home, drive to work, drive home, drive to work, drive... anyway.

What better use for that time spent in frustration behind the wheel is there than to switch to self-driving mode and then enjoy cyberspace, wreaking death and destruction with some truly dangerous vehicles... simply fill in your birthdate to ensure you're over 18, strap yourself in and turn on the wipers to remove blood... <warning... streets ahead are filled with mangled corpses>.

PS... jest kidding.

http://www.carmageddonmaxdamage.com/en-gb/node/#peds

 

[sweeper]

Here a couple big disqualifiers, are these cars made with a 4x4 option, with canoe racks and a trailer hitch? I don't think so. City cars.