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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1089673" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>104Feeder, food for thought:</p><p>In two western states-I believe California and Nevada-they have already passed legislation that allows for driver-less Vehicles to be operated on the state's roadways. Their sensors allows them to both drive faster and closer than it seems possible for human beings, so whatever cost that might happen with the occasional sensor failure is more than made up for by not having imperfect and much more flawed human drivers behind the wheel. "Minority Report" and "I, Robot" are probably 10 years away, not a lifetime, at least in personal vehicles. However, as the tech is fine-tuned I think more and more companies will try to adapt it for their operations. It will be safer; will probably cost less (sobering to realize I will make over $2 million if I reach retirement; most people on the planet will not touch that), will reduce liability and all sorts of other things, and the cost savings they'll give companies will in some ways passed back to the consumer, and those highly educated who are employed to run such operations. The one entity that would fight this is the union, and I can see all sorts of arguments centering on how they are "hindering progress", their uneducated members promoting "death on our highways", and "something about the children" (because it always comes back to the children).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1089673, member: 32753"] 104Feeder, food for thought: In two western states-I believe California and Nevada-they have already passed legislation that allows for driver-less Vehicles to be operated on the state's roadways. Their sensors allows them to both drive faster and closer than it seems possible for human beings, so whatever cost that might happen with the occasional sensor failure is more than made up for by not having imperfect and much more flawed human drivers behind the wheel. "Minority Report" and "I, Robot" are probably 10 years away, not a lifetime, at least in personal vehicles. However, as the tech is fine-tuned I think more and more companies will try to adapt it for their operations. It will be safer; will probably cost less (sobering to realize I will make over $2 million if I reach retirement; most people on the planet will not touch that), will reduce liability and all sorts of other things, and the cost savings they'll give companies will in some ways passed back to the consumer, and those highly educated who are employed to run such operations. The one entity that would fight this is the union, and I can see all sorts of arguments centering on how they are "hindering progress", their uneducated members promoting "death on our highways", and "something about the children" (because it always comes back to the children). [/QUOTE]
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