Driverless cars heading onto British roads in 2015

Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 8 months ago to Technology

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Posted by Mimi 9 years, 8 months ago

Shut the refrigerator door! Blimey.

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Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago

How do I bet against the insurance companies that choose to insure these driverless cars?

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Posted by edweaver 9 years, 8 months ago

Who will get the speeding ticket? :)

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  Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
  
  That will get sent to them by the red light camera!
  
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    Posted by edweaver 9 years, 8 months ago
    
    But since no one was driving who will they blame?
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
      
      Around here a couple of years ago, there was a lawsuit over a father getting points on his license for running a red light when it was actually his son driving the car. Red light cameras are a curse.
      
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        Posted by edweaver 9 years, 8 months ago
        
        I agree and it appears they are rigged by the companies that install them. I don't remember the exact details but had to do with bonuses for catching drivers. More cronyism.
        
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        Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 8 months ago
        
        Your memory is correct, edweaver. The AZ company that sells the red light cameras definitely has a crony deal with local governments, and I think I remember there being a state government incentive program as well.
        
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Posted by Susanne 9 years, 8 months ago

Its all those bloody Yanks who drive on the wrong side of the road, then come over here and think they know how to drive...

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Posted by Hiraghm 9 years, 8 months ago

I foresee "With Folded Hands" in our future.

The Fox News article said that the reason for promoting the driverless cars was to cut down on human error causing accidents.

In "With Folded Hands", robots told people they couldn't drive themselves because their reflexes weren't as good as a robot's, and therefor it was too dangerous. Along with everything else humans wanted to do for themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Folde...

(man, if there's a story aching to be made into a movie, this is it...)

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Posted by LibertasAutLetum 9 years, 8 months ago

Fitting how they chose the Prius. Here in the US they are generally occupied by mindless drivers. At least the UK made a preemptive strike and determined that they would be better off with no driver in them at all. (14.5 mpg and damn proud of it)

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