Google car drives itself - Wow!

[Neil]

If this is to be believed... Wow!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11508351

[Tricky]

http://the-new-horizon.com/uploads/HK-tank.jpg
:eek: :p

[MoonSylver]

http://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2008/09/25/kitt

;)

[Rancid Carcass]

http://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2008/09/25/kitt

;)

Yeah, I ain't getting in no car that can drive itself unless it's called KITT. :D

[ProfessorChaos]

tricky, you sonofabitch! you beat me to it...:lol:

[Mike70]

It will be a great and far safer day on the roads when computers are completely in control of cars and all anyone has to do is tell it where to go.

[clanglee]

It will be a great and far safer day on the roads when computers are completely in control of cars and all anyone has to do is tell it where to go.

True, but it will be a hard sell here in the U.S. People here love their individuality too much to give up full control to a computer.

[Tricky]

It will be a great and far safer day on the roads when computers are completely in control of cars and all anyone has to do is tell it where to go.

It wouldnt be a bad thing, but only if it was absolutely 100% safe & immune to viruses etc, not like now where sat nav systems take people down dead end roads or under narrow bridges that their vehicle cant get under. Imagine if it couldnt account for roadworks etc & it just smashed through cones on a closed motorway lane & killed workers, or if it drove you across fields because its mapping hadnt been updated and a road that used to be there wasnt anymore :eek: I agree though that some people are terrible drivers & would be far safer if they were driven by a computer that didnt overtake on blind bends etc

[Neil]

I really didn't think we had this sort of technology yet. ie: To drive good lengths along busy roads etc!

Amazing!

[bassman]

Now they just need to throw in one of these guys to make it more friendly...

http://photos23.flickr.com/27395989_877ca2742a.jpg

[blind2d]

I Robot? Well we see how that turned out in the film. I don't think this could work in motorcycles though, so I'm safe. :)

[Neil]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11513316

[AcesandEights]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11513316

Would an end to asshole drivers be worth the loss of freedom if driverless ever became the mandate? Maybe, there's a lot of asshole drivers causing a lot of needless deaths.

[Mike70]

Would an end to asshole drivers be worth the loss of freedom if driverless ever became the mandate? Maybe, there's a lot of asshole drivers causing a lot of needless deaths.

I'd be all for it. computers cannot drink and drive, they cannot get ignorant and do 120 in a 45, and they won't get pissy at other drivers. about 40,000 people a year are killed just in america due to automobile accidents. most of those fatalities revolve around drunks and idiots who think cars are play toys. this is one case where public welfare would probably override issues of "freedom", which i don't see this as anyway.

[Neil]

I just can't imagine the insurance claims though when a computer car crashes? Who's at fault? Surely the software company?