On 8/25/2017 1:05 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 6:43:44 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...
>>
>> On 8/25/2017 5:01 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> On 8/24/2017 3:59 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 8/24/2017 3:27 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>> On 8/24/2017 1:48 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i do like the voice activated thing;
>>>>>> it's nice with radio stations, and GPS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i got a toasted walnut color, with almond interior, happy me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> looking into the lane drift assist thing; sounds helpful
>>>>>
>>>>> We test drove one model and lane drift was turned on. Took me
>>>>> about 30 seconds to say You can turn that off, right? beep beep
>>>>> beep.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not that I'm weaving, it's that as the road curves, I
>>>>> lean into it a bit, not drive perfectly centered like a
>>>>> train on tracks.
>>>
>>>> If mine beeped it would rive me nuts. It has a haptic steering wheel so
>>>> you feel it, silently. You also see it in the heads up display. It
>>>> will also nudge the wheel if you go too far. While capable of steering
>>>> on
>>>> a road with painted lines, it will disengage of you take hands off the
>>>> steering wheel more than 30 seconds.
>>>
>>> I see where all this technology is leading, but I really don't care
>>> to have my car monitoring me. I guess I'll be happy when it stops
>>> short of hitting someone for me.
>>>
>>> If someone takes their hands off the wheel for that long, i want it to
>>> stay engaged. Like that guy driving a Tesla to work ... sound asleep.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> On the radio this morning there was a piece about one person driving 3
>>> lorries. The driver being in the front one and controlling the ones
>>> behind
>>> (???????)
>>>
>>> Hmmm until the first really bad accident! I suppose it might be ok on
>>> the
>>> motorway but what happens when they come off into regular streets?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> The future is here. This is what my car can do.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbjdmw8D9-Y
>>
>> It will have limits in the city but not impossible wit added sensors.
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>> Phew!!! You would trust your car to do all that? What happens when there
>> is a blip in the system? Nothing is infallible! I doubt you would wear a
>> blind when you drive your car, but I wouldn't be able to trust it so much.
>>
>> Also, as I said earlier ... Maybe that is ok on a fast open road. What
>> about congested traffic and very busy streets? I hope it will have limits.
>>
>> Will you really allow it to do that by itself??
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> Humans are just awful drivers. Yesterday, I was approaching a stop light next to a Taco Bell when I spotted a van pulling out of the driveway so I stopped to let them pull out. They then pulled out in front of a guy walking past the driveway. They made contact. The guy probably felt dumb for not watching the van. I didn't see the guy - until they hit. The van driver didn't see the guy because they were making eye contact with me. It ended with the guy limping into the Taco Bell and us driving off. Humans can't see what's in front of them even when conditions are perfect.


The guy should have called he cops, pedestrians are _always_ in the right.


> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY

Oh what a great scene!

"hope you enjoyed the ride, ha, ha!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrxyr1CjiSM