Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:31:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
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> >Nor would I but then I wouldn't want a car to control itself over my wishes
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> I imagine there will be over rides. The tracking and stopping though,
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An aulde idea, O... :
http://www.wired.com/2009/11/autonomous-cars/
In the 1950²s General Motors and RCA teamed up to develop automated highway technology (.pdf) that used a buried wire and magnetic pickup coils on the car. The buried line communicated the speed limit to the vehicle and warned of obstacles ahead. Engineers demonstrated the technology in 1958, using a 1958 Chevrolet Impala and, later, the streamlined turbine powered Firebird III concept car. Even Disney got in on the act with the animated short Magic Highway USA. But GM and RCA couldn't convince the feds to spend the additional $100,000 per mile that automated highway technology would add to the cost of the national highway system...
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Best
Greg