There's a better chance of me spending tomorrow night on the International Space Station than riding in a driverless vehicle...
Would you ride in a driverless Uber?
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I hear you Rusty, but you haven't much choice; likewise there are things run by software I use where there aren't alternatives, but I still can choose something besides a driverless car.
I prefer to enjoy that option while I can.
Historical note: the very software-run machine my late colleague and I were working on killed another friend about ten years later.
I bet human error was involved and in more than just the software.
The software is simply an advanced method of timing, similar to the old cam driven push rods, then things like switches in some of the first photo copiers.
Human brain software and hardware failure has been killing people for years. People will get in an Uber where the driver only needs a valid drivers license and a GPS or Taxi driven by who knows what type of human with who knows what kind of mental issues, possibly substance altered or sleep deprived, maybe suicidal, a guy who is only thinking about his wife who is dying or started messing around on him, maybe 15 seconds away from a massive heart attack or stroke, yet worry about software written by a guy with an IQ of 150.
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The software is simply an advanced method of timing, similar to the old cam driven push rods, then things like switches in some of the first photo copiers.
Human brain software and hardware failure has been killing people for years. People will get in an Uber where the driver only needs a valid drivers license and a GPS or Taxi driven by who knows what type of human with who knows what kind of mental issues, possibly substance altered or sleep deprived, maybe suicidal, a guy who is only thinking about his wife who is dying or started messing around on him, maybe 15 seconds away from a massive heart attack or stroke, yet worry about software written by a guy with an IQ of 150.
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Imagine the moral dilemma and outrage that would occur prior to 1920 when the public was informed that in the near future wars could be fought by unmanned flying objects 3' or so in diameter. Such quiet devices would be able to quietly approach and then shoot someone targeted from miles away.
I am sure legislation would soon eliminate drone technology. Life evolves. I even had a Nashville cab driver that didn't want to sing me his new song once. There are plenty of sketchy individuals out there, driverless might be OK.
I am sure legislation would soon eliminate drone technology. Life evolves. I even had a Nashville cab driver that didn't want to sing me his new song once. There are plenty of sketchy individuals out there, driverless might be OK.
I doubt I will ride a Uber at all.
I do not carry a cell or any other electronic devices so from what I see about Uber I have no way of contacting them-
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I do not carry a cell or any other electronic devices so from what I see about Uber I have no way of contacting them-
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I would ride in the "Cash Cab", but have no intentions to ever go to NYC, thank you.
A good friend was a Captain for UPS world wide, but had to retire when he contracted diabetes, and he has plenty of stories. He says he will never fly on a commercial aircraft.
CAJUNLAWYER
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We don't have Uber in Jeanerette. Closest thing we have to transportation for hire is borrowing a guys car for a rock of crack and even then the guy has to call in the car as stolen to get it back 50% of the time
I'd like a car that would do both, self/auto drive or manual/driver drive. You could enjoy driving when you felt like it, or have it take over when you've had a few, feel like a nap, or are just bored with a long interstate drive. I bet this is coming in our lifetimes.
Perhaps with Tesla it is here, but just not reliable enough yet.
I do think it's funny that every time a Tesla on auto drive crashes there is a big hubbub in the news, but nobody blinks when the far greater number of driver error crashes occur routinely.
Perhaps with Tesla it is here, but just not reliable enough yet.
I do think it's funny that every time a Tesla on auto drive crashes there is a big hubbub in the news, but nobody blinks when the far greater number of driver error crashes occur routinely.
Bajadoc
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I'll go in driverless cars when government officials go in driverless cars.
Logically, I understand what is being said however I have to admit emotionally I don't think I could do it. I am too much of a control freak. When I play golf the guys at the club know to automatically put my clubs on the driver side and all the guys I play with know if they are paired with me I just have to drive.
Yeah, yeah, I just can't help myself. It is the one thing I just can't get over.
Even when I was flying a plane with auto pilot I never used it. Just one of those things.
So I won't be riding in any auto driving cars.
Yeah, yeah, I just can't help myself. It is the one thing I just can't get over.
Even when I was flying a plane with auto pilot I never used it. Just one of those things.
So I won't be riding in any auto driving cars.
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I've always thought it would be cool to have an autonomously driven work truck. I just think of all the extra work I could have accomplished and extra sleep I could have gotten instead of driving for 50-60K miles a year for the past 40+ years. Sadly, I don't think I'll see it come down to my level before I retire in a few years.
Ingramite
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what could go wrong?
YeshuaIsa53
Member
NO!
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NO!
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You can't find a cab with a human driver here, mostly because there are no cabs, I don't even think there is an Uber, to many people will give another a ride. During the day you can call the little community bus and it will swing by your place and drop you off where ever. The cops all call it a night around midnight, as do most people, so from 1:30 to 2:30 the drunks have the streets to themselves. About the only DUIs I see handed out around here are during daylight hours and usually because someone turned an idiot in.
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I spend every day driving all over Oklahoma City visiting my construction projects and average about 32,000 miles per year. Traffic has been getting worse and worse as more people are moving here and it's not uncommon for me to see five wrecks a day, most of them are rear end collisions. Many rear end collisions involved several cars so apparently lots of folks are following way too close. I would assume the driverless cars would be able to avoid that problem, but not so sure about a bridge out or heavy fog rolling in.
As an old machine shop boy, before I get in driverless car I want to see the big, red E-stop button - and have some assurance it actually works. A pilotless aircraft, "I don't think so, Tim." 
JoeDice
Member
My short answer …. HELL NO !!! 
nksmfamjp
Member
Evidence after current security protocols have been applied?
I probably would, but my wife says he'll no!
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