More garbage forced on us

More garbage forced on us
 
NFW would I ever let a robot drive the vehicle I am in . They're neither smart nor sophisticated nor technologically advanced enough to anticipate what a human behind the wheel will do.
 
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My Mazda 6 has a 6 speed close ratio gearbox and self-adjusting suspension. You can actually drive the car. However most people would not buy it, because they do not really know how to drive. Very few people have ever had the experience of their car swapping ends at high speed. To me, my car is a waste of space, it is like a motorcycle - why would you ride a motorcycle in traffic ?
My step-daughter is in her 40s and learning to drive, she cannot drive a car which has a gear stick. In a minute she will have her licence. She has an autonomous car, I am the robot who drives it.
 
Just like the high cost of insurance may spell the end for EVs, the liability factors will have to be addressed in the autonomous driving vehicles. I had a buddy that was an attorney explain the situation to me several years ago. Automotive liability is a pretty stable and practiced endeavor assigning fault and degrees of liability for all accidents. Private companies sell insurance to individuals to cover driving their cars. Enter the autonomous vehicle. Who is at fault in an accident? Who gets sued? Is it the passenger that sets the systems in motion or the manufacturer that designed the system? There are no auto companies in the world that could deal with that kind of product liability. It is a mine field.
 
It will end the first time a court decides that even though the driver was intoxicated he wasn't really driving and a precedent is set. law enforcement will never want to give up that kind of easy money.
 
You'd think the very first time one person was killed by an autominos vehicle they would be banned
But no
I believe it's around 20 people so far
Does anyone know the exact amount?
 
How many drivers do you guys know that will allow (much less trust) their modern vehicle to park itself, in any manner?

Ever see the commercial where the car is allowed to park itself in a spot too narrow to use the car doors to exit the vehicle?
Did any of those genius's who developed that commercial think about the cars on either side of the autonomous vehicle and that drivers/passengers need to enter and exit the vehicle?
The tail, funded by govt. subsidies, is heartily wagging the dog.

Why would anyone entrust their life to a technology that is so early in development?

Every time logic and accountability is applied it all goes sideways, or crashes and burns.

The technology is not ready but there is money to be made...so why not get it out there now? A few deaths? WTF.
 
Everything these days seems to be about de-skilling. On our national broadcaster's TV, there is a programme titled Q&A. It is about celebrities and politicians discussing current subjects and answering questions from an audience. In one session there was mention of manual skills. They went around the panel, and not even one of them had manual skills. One guy said his bother was a musician and had manual skills. Another of them said he wished he could fix a gate.
I am current bringing-up 3 young lady step- grand kids. I think I might teach them how to use the tools and machinery in my shed.
When I take them out to places, I like to help them experience the good things in life.
 
Lineslinger said:
Every time logic and accountability is applied it all goes sideways, or crashes and burns.
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Logic and accountability is never applied to these grand schemes. (see Ethanol in gas for a reference.) This is why Progressives hate Conservatives. Instead of jumping in with both feet or worse proposing legislation, Conservatives prefer to take a cautious wait and see attitude. This is often seen as impeding progress or not caring. In reality, if it were ever practiced, it might save a few lives or a few millions of dollars when it all goes sideways.

The drunk driver/passenger of an autonomous vehicle is a very interesting question. If the drunk climbs into the car and set it in motion is he driving? He set the vehicle in motion and that vehicle caused an accident.
 
I suggest there might be a problem with the current mindset. Many kids seem to go to school to become something which is well-paid. I think their motivation is wrong. Many people seem to spend their lives doing things in which they do not have a genuine interest.
 
acotrel said:
I suggest there might be a problem with the current mindset. Many kids seem to go to school to become something which is well-paid. I think their motivation is wrong. Many people seem to spend their lives doing things in which they do not have a genuine interest.
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Kids these days are encouraged to NOT learn to use their hands. When I was in high school, late 60s to early 70s, you were pushed to take academic courses and go on to college because so many of the parents of my generation grew up in the depression era and WW2. Most naturally wanted more for their kids than they had growing up, and a good education was the best guarantee of that. Since then the education industry figured out there was big money to be made teaching students basic things previous generations were taught in the public schools, because public schools certainly are NOT up to the level they were even 15 years ago. Chasing the "big money" degree is all part of that. Peruse the help wanted listings and you will be amazed at how many jobs require an associates or bachelors degree for positions that 20 or 30 years ago would only have required basic reading, math skills, and a willingness to work and learn.

A friend in the excavation business once told me "Find a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life". He did, and never worked a day in his 80 years on this planet.
 
MikeG said:
Kids these days are encouraged to NOT learn to use their hands. When I was in high school, late 60s to early 70s, you were pushed to take academic courses and go on to college because so many of the parents of my generation grew up in the depression era and WW2. Most naturally wanted more for their kids than they had growing up, and a good education was the best guarantee of that. Since then the education industry figured out there was big money to be made teaching students basic things previous generations were taught in the public schools, because public schools certainly are NOT up to the level they were even 15 years ago. Chasing the "big money" degree is all part of that. Peruse the help wanted listings and you will be amazed at how many jobs require an associates or bachelors degree for positions that 20 or 30 years ago would only have required basic reading, math skills, and a willingness to work and learn.

A friend in the excavation business once told me "Find a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life". He did, and never worked a day in his 80 years on this planet.
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Yup.

When I went here, the "voke" school was considered the discard pile. My, how times have changed. I am thankful for the opportunity I had. Talented, dedicated people.

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