cars that drive themselves

KillerBee370

Eventually (not in our lifetime) the world will be a very dull and "safe" place controlled largely by predetermined computer controled guidance. People will call it "economical" and "prudent" but it will prove to undue much of human adventure and spirit.

It'll be like that big spaceship in the movie Wall-E or the world of i-Robot.

nmjaxx9

Honestly I dont see the point of a car that drives itself, isnt part of the reason why you drive your car, is to enjoy it? If a car drives it self, it would be like taking a taxi or a bus, no fun.

Jordo!

It would be nice to have that option, tho. Sleepy commutes to work, for example.

Actually the way some people drive, I might feel safer knowing R2D2 was at the helm

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daisuke149

uhh being that we are on an enthusiast site... you may think so..

but to most of the world the car is just a utility to get places or get things done. As is the bicycle... the train.. the airplane... etc.

nmjaxx9

Being we are on an enthusiast site I was referring more to the Z, or a sports car. Im sure people who have a sports car wouldn't want it to drive itself...whats the point of that.

People who see it as a utility or means of transport wasn't what I was getting at.

shadoquad

, but it's a shame.

I know people who have said for months that they can't wait until we all have automated commutes.

It makes me sick personally, because I'm an enthusiast, but a lot of people are hailing this invention as a great convenience for their lifestyles.

To be fair, these are people who probably shouldn't drive in the first place. They're "bothered" by their commutes, so they talk on their cell phones, eat, do their makeup, all while driving. Automating those aholes on the road would be safer for us all.

nmjaxx9

How is talking on the cellphone and eating a botheration to the driver? Don't see your logic...

Its called multitasking, and im sure even if cars drove themselves people wouldn't stop doing these things.

daisuke149

comprehension = not your strength.

he is saying that people dont like the commute. So they fill it with doing other things, which makes everything unsafe.

He didnt say that multitasking itself was bothersome, but rather the fact that people get up in the morning and face a long commute to work.

nmjaxx9

Uhh, so you are saying that people talk on the phone, or do makeup because they dont like their commute.....

No, they do it to save time...lol Hence why I said they multitask...how are you answering on his behalf when you don't even know what you are saying.

RiCharlie

Please take this in the right spirit which is a friendly ribbing.,,.,

"botheration?"

I cant "refudiate" that! but I dont want to "misunderestimate" you!

(hope you can take a bit of ribbing!)

nmjaxx9

RiCharlie

Very true and not a very pleasant thought!