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View Poll Results: Re: driverless cars
Get ready for major problems 26 59.09%
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Old 03-19-2018, 08:40 PM   #31 (permalink)
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You know what isn't news? The 100 people who died crashing into each other today. Because it happens every day and the Internet isn't big enough.
Percentage-wise 100 people dying when 10’s Of millions of cars are on the road? Not a big deal. 1 person dying from the 3 driverless uber cats is pretty important.
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Percentage-wise 100 people dying when 10’s Of millions of cars are on the road? Not a big deal. 1 person dying from the 3 driverless uber cats is pretty important.
It's not enough people dying, really. But it's dying. Thousands more are just paralyzed forever.

Still, the most important development with driverless vehicles is a reduction of traffic and subsequent reduction in emissions. Also, when nobody drives, nobody cares what car they have so they stop being idiots about electric ones.
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so, 'round here we have a stretch of road called The Dragon's Tail. i'm not sure where you guys live, but i'm fairly certain there's no way a driverless car in its infancy of development isn't gonna dump you off a mountain. no thanks.
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It's not enough people dying, really. But it's dying. Thousands more are just paralyzed forever.

Still, the most important development with driverless vehicles is a reduction of traffic and subsequent reduction in emissions. Also, when nobody drives, nobody cares what car they have so they stop being idiots about electric ones.
I am fully with you on the potential for self-driving cars to eventually reduce accident rates - not immediately because the technology is not there yet but eventually I think it will.

But it will not reduce traffic:
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Old 03-20-2018, 08:17 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Also, when nobody drives, nobody cares what car they have so they stop being idiots about electric ones.
when nobody drives? do you know how fun driving is? America's love affair with taking to the open road is deep rooted. uphill battle is an understatement. and we will never stop caring that our stuff is better than our neighbor's stuff. you some kind of commie, bro?
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if we want to achieve them high goals, wouldn't high speed trains be a smarter investment? ya know, 'cause it takes a butt load of oil to make tires that wear no matter who's steering and there's wear and tear on the roads themselves that require routine maintenance.
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But it will not reduce traffic:
I don't really understand this picture, but I'm pretty sure whoever took it has never been stuck on a highway because somebody slowed down to 30mph to take simple wide turn. Or because everyone freaked out because of a raindrop. Or because somebody else got pulled over across eight lanes and they just have to look. Or because everyone takes the same road to the same place even though there's eighteen ways to get there.

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if we want to achieve them high goals, wouldn't high speed trains be a smarter investment?
Be right over with a crew of hundreds to build a new rail line through your backyard.
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