"Steve Walker" wrote in message
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On 22/11/2017 21:35, Huge wrote:
On 2017-11-22, charles wrote:
In article ,
harry wrote:
On Tuesday, 21 November 2017 13:11:40 UTC, Andrew wrote:
On 20/11/2017 21:11, Huge wrote:
On 2017-11-20, Bill wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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It's worked well on my last two cars. Only two I've had with it. If
only they could make rain sensing wipers that work properly. ;-)

Are the designers of rain sensing wipers the same people saying we
will
all be using driverless cars by 2021? :-)

*applause*


Will a queue of driverless cars, waiting at traffic lights all
move off at exactly the same time, or will it be the usual
yo-yo effect as each car waits until the car in front has started
to move ?.

Nobody will buy a driverless car.
Expense.
People like to drive.
Nobody will trust them.
So, another load of ********.

They'd be very useful coming back from the pub. _ mines a 40 minute
walkl
away.

It's harry. Driverless cars will be a roaring success.

And I for one would love to have one. What kind of arsehole enjoys
motorway driving?

When they are good enough, I can see them being great for many journeys,
both long boring ones or shorter repetetive ones.

I forsee one massive problem though. Once pedestrians and cyclists get
used to them, they'll simply step/pull out without waiting for a gap in
the traffic, knowing that the cars WILL stop. A recipe for chaos as huge
numbers of pedestrians cross anywhere and everywhere causing emergency
stops, minor injuries as passengers are thrown around and traffic stopping
and starting continually causing massive delays. Cyclists will be free to
jump all the lights in safety, change lanes without warning, ride the
wrong way along roads, etc.

Cant see that happening while there are still real drivers driving.

At least cars with actual drivers will still be identifieable by their
number plates,

You dont know they will have different number plates,
or that the driverless car isnt being driven by a human
to get home when the driverless system has had a brain
fade or a sensor failure and will only allow a human to
drive it, not the computer.

so they won't be able to rely on the same actions without any sanctions.

It'll also be a paradise for muggers who can wait 'til only a single car
is passing, jump out and rob the passengers.

All that needs is a mugger detector in the driverless
car and just run them over and claim self defence.

The only practical way I can see to prevent these problems is one that I
can't see being accepted - program the cars to sometimes not stop in time,
so that people remain wary. Not late enough to cause serious injury, but
certainly enough to hurt and shock.

The other obvious fix is to have the driverless car record the
individual who pulls that stunt, do facial/body recognition
and send that to the cops and have them frogged off to the
cop shop and given a good thrashing in one of the cells out
of camera range. They wont do it again.