There's no fucking way...

[Ms_Ann]

I'm ever climbing into a self driving car.

 

[OldJourno]

I thought that was cruise control. Maybe I'll stop reading when it's on.

 

[RedAllan]

Better then a chatty cab driver when your pissed and tired.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I thought that was cruise control. Maybe I'll stop reading when it's on.

I got passed on the interstate tonight by a car with no lights on and a guy that tried to pass a semi on the shoulder. What's a self driving car going to think about that?

 

[Hypoxia]

Eventually you won't have the choice. The robo-car's robo-arms will grab you, stuff you inside, and take you where it wants, probably to be abused by cyborgs and accountants.

We were on Italy's Amalfi coast, across the bay from Capri, riding a big bus up a narrow, twisting road to Ravello, former home of Whistler, Melville, Escher, and Gore Vidal. The driver, attired like an airline pilot, skillfully negotiated the large vehicle through many treacherous curves. Upon reaching the top, the passengers applauded. Yes, a fucking standing ovation! Would a self-driving bus get that sort of respect? Likely not.

GPS makes us forget how to read maps. Robo-cars will kill our sense of direction. Yow.

 

[Duncan113]

Ah, yer a bunch of old ladies. Where's your sense of what's it. I'm-a climb into a Tesla as soon as I can, take out an old copy of Redneck Digest, read about Bigfoot and have me a bowl of Orville Redenbacker's, courtesy of the Tesla's onboard microwave oven. See you on the freeway!

 

[Conager]

Ah, yer a bunch of old ladies. Where's your sense of what's it. I'm-a climb into a Tesla as soon as I can, take out an old copy of Redneck Digest, read about Bigfoot and have me a bowl of Orville Redenbacker's, courtesy of the Tesla's onboard microwave oven. See you on the freeway!

Tesla makes me think of how cool Tuckers would have been if they could have conned the Feds into propping them up. Having to think about costs and practicality kind of gets in the way of building a dream car.

Tesla owners, on the other hand... I saw a Tesla going down the freeway one day with a bike rack and to mountain bikes on top of it. Who the hell puts a bike rack on top of a $100,000 car?

 

[Hypoxia]

I saw my first Tesla in the wild a few days ago, in the Winchester Mystery House parking lot. (No, I don't get to town much.) I wonder if the owner ever emerged?

Folks, it's-a-gonna happen. People- and goods-haulers will go electric and driverless, and most folks will pay per use rather than owning them. (But not out here in the boonies.) I expect internal-combustion engines and steering wheels will be illegal before I and my very efficient turbo-diesel housecar die in two decades. Ah well, we can still use it as a guest room.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Ah, yer a bunch of old ladies. Where's your sense of what's it. I'm-a climb into a Tesla as soon as I can, take out an old copy of Redneck Digest, read about Bigfoot and have me a bowl of Orville Redenbacker's, courtesy of the Tesla's onboard microwave oven. See you on the freeway!

You do realize that Nikola Tesla died from electrocution?



(Well, he didn't but that certainly would have been ironic.)

 

[phrodeau]

Tesla makes me think of how cool Tuckers would have been if they could have conned the Feds into propping them up. Having to think about costs and practicality kind of gets in the way of building a dream car.

Tesla owners, on the other hand... I saw a Tesla going down the freeway one day with a bike rack and to mountain bikes on top of it. Who the hell puts a bike rack on top of a $100,000 car?

I saw a $450,000 bus that had a bike rack on it.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I'm ever climbing into a self driving car.

Did you ever fly in a commercial airline? 30,000 feet above the ground? If you have, do you have the remotest idea of how much of your time in the air was spent on autopilot while the captain and copilot bitched to each other about work rules and the dwindling value of their pensions without paying the slightest bit of attention to what was going on inside or outside?

 

[Ms_Ann]

Did you ever fly in a commercial airline? 30,000 feet above the ground? If you have, do you have the remotest idea of how much of your time in the air was spent on autopilot while the captain and copilot bitched to each other about work rules and the dwindling value of their pensions without paying the slightest bit of attention to what was going on inside or outside?

When the 737s stack up nose to tail 60 long 4 rows wide, I'll start to sweat.

 

[Duncan113]

I saw a $450,000 bus that had a bike rack on it.

I saw a man in a hat. It wasn't even that long ago.

 

[Hypoxia]

I saw a man in a hat. It wasn't even that long ago.

I was in a WalMart today. I don't dare tell you what I saw. Oy.

Electric cars and hybrids are hot now partially because of free chargers; future solar-cell roadways will recharge e-vehicles as they roll. I'm reminded of an early British car, the 1902 Dunkley, with a kerosene-fueled engine. Street lights in cities burned kerosene. The car's owner could refill for free at lampposts. Oh, those thrifty Brits!

 

[Ishmael]

When an computer piloted auto runs you off the road and you're consumed with road rage, who do you shoot?

Ishmael

 

[Ms_Ann]

Start with the tires...

 

[Ishmael]

Start with the tires...

Right, and have it swerve into my again. Talk about frustration.

Ishmael

 

[JoanneA]

It's fun. You'll love it. You have two legs right?

 

[Ms_Ann]

Right, and have it swerve into my again. Talk about frustration.

Ishmael

Self drive car going down the road texting other self driving cars...

 

[Ishmael]

Self drive car going down the road texting other self driving cars...

Right now I'm thinking a micro EMP generator, blow the computer's brains out. Or hacking it and sending the passenger on Mr. Mouse's Wild Ride.

Ishmael

 

[Ms_Ann]

Right now I'm thinking a micro EMP generator, blow the computer's brains out. Or hacking it and sending the passenger on Mr. Mouse's Wild Ride.

Ishmael

Banana in the tailpipe trick.

 

[hashtag4]

The thread reminds me of the conspiracy theories relatrd to Mike Hastings death. (As heard on TYT):

They claimed that his car (one of the first to implement that system) was hacked.

The theories weren't too far off, since his death occurred in the midst of his investigation of John Brennan, and within hours of him contacting friends and an Wikileaks, saying that he had groundbreaking information.. Moreover, they cremated his remains without asking for his fsmily's consent.
His wife and brother were adamant initially that this couldn't have been an acvident or suicide, and that he was sober at the time, and asked for an investigation, but they backpedled lately claiming that he was taking drugs




Acording to a security expert, his car crash was persistent with a cyber attack:

" According to a prominent security analyst, technology exists that could’ve allowed someone to hack his car. Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke told The Huffington Post that what is known about the single-vehicle crash is “consistent with a car cyber attack.”

Clarke said, “There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers” — including the United States — know how to remotely seize control of a car.

“What has been revealed as a result of some research at universities is that it’s relatively easy to hack your way into the control system of a car, and to do such things as cause acceleration when the driver doesn’t want acceleration, to throw on the brakes when the driver doesn’t want the brakes on, to launch an air bag,” Clarke told The Huffington Post. “You can do some really highly destructive things now, through hacking a car, and it’s not that hard.”

“So if there were a cyber attack on the car — and I’m not saying there was,” Clarke added, “I think whoever did it would probably get away with it.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/michael-hastings-car-hacked_n_3492339.html

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[Hypoxia]

Banana in the tailpipe trick.

Electric cars don't have tailpipes. But discharging a Tesla Coil against the metal body should produce spectacular results. That won't work if they go fibreglas. Hmmm...

 

[Libsam]

I saw my first Tesla on the 23rd while driving home on interstate from a christmas luncheon.

I'd turn my self driving car into a boudoir. I'll need electrical sockets for hair rollers and straighteners, and keep beauty products in there. That would free up some serious time. Would need really good suspension.