foxes_rule1978 Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 The UK government is to outline measures to permit driverless cars to use public roads by next year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28551069 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 It's inevitable really. In 10 or 15 years times when it becomes affordable for the rest of us this'll be common place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I seemed to remember a headline or two about this happening in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I swear there's already some on the roads, the way people drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Personally I don't like being driven. I think I'd dislike it more if no one was driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Designed by computers... Hand-built by robots... Driven by the missus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
separator Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I enjoy driving, even long motorway journeys. No fun in being driven around by the car, unless you want want to relive the 80's and pretend your the Hoff in Knight Rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisNedry Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Yeah, right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseBreath Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I would have thought we'd get an autopilot option on cars first rather than going straight in at fully automatic. Can't see any technological barrier to mass producing cars which are capable of autopilot'ing on motorways and a-roads and then switching to manual for the last leg. As someone who clocks up about 25k miles per annum I would absolutely love being able to let a computer take over on main roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 At what cost?And if I get road-rage, I'd look silly directing my anger at an invisible person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Vixen Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I seemed to remember a headline or two about this happening in the 70s. You're right, the technology has been around since the 70s, but it's only now that insurers/manufacturers/governments are seriously considering making it a reality. The reason it didn't fly in the past is that no-one would accept liability if the technology failed and caused injury or death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 At what cost? And if I get road-rage, I'd look silly directing my anger at an invisible person. Just barge it off the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Just barge it off the road All I have in my head is a scene from i,Robot where Will Smith is trying to barge the robot cars off in the tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 its skynet i tell you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Perhaps a driverless car wouldn't have driven itself into a concrete post yesterday, unlike my car with my missus at the wheel. I think this means I need to get a robot wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADK Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I'm not convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Jeez the environMENTAL folk will do their nut, when cars are driving round with nobody in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Jeez the environMENTAL folk will do their nut, when cars are driving round with nobody in it. I wonder if these things will start arranging car meets with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Jeez the environMENTAL folk will do their nut, when cars are driving round with nobody in it. I think I may be being really thick here. Why will there be cars driving around with nobody in them? I can see the case for driver-less cars, but demand for passenger-less cars probably won't be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADK Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Well it's probably cheaper to tell your car to drive around all day than pay for city parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merging Cultures Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Eventually we will all just hire/rent drive less cars like taxis, the system will learn our habits and cars will be allocated based on predicted need, so as soon as your request a car it will drive to your location, but one will already be nearby and ready, to take you home. So yes, cars will drive around empty, but only to the nearest taxi/car rank, and then to pick up a rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Eventually we will all just hire/rent drive less cars like taxis, the system will learn our habits and cars will be allocated based on predicted need, so as soon as your request a car it will drive to your location, but one will already be nearby and ready, to take you home. So yes, cars will drive around empty, but only to the nearest taxi/car rank, and then to pick up a rider. I don't want to use a car if TBJS was the previous occupant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseBreath Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Eventually we will all just hire/rent drive less cars like taxis, the system will learn our habits and cars will be allocated based on predicted need, so as soon as your request a car it will drive to your location, but one will already be nearby and ready, to take you home. So yes, cars will drive around empty, but only to the nearest taxi/car rank, and then to pick up a rider. True dat. Future generations will be amazed that in our day we could just get in a car and drive however we wanted where ever we wanted. Such freedoms, they will lament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADK Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I'm betting it won't work. There will probably be zones in major cities where these things are used and they will be electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Eventually we will all just hire/rent drive less cars like taxis, the system will learn our habits and cars will be allocated based on predicted need, so as soon as your request a car it will drive to your location, but one will already be nearby and ready, to take you home. So yes, cars will drive around empty, but only to the nearest taxi/car rank, and then to pick up a rider. It'll put thousands of taxi drivers and independent garages out of business. That's progress I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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