Author Topic: Would you be in favor of automatic speed tracking with raised speed limits? (Read 4909 times)

derickw · « **Reply #30 on:** March 29, 2006, 11:45:36 am »

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They should invest all this money to make highways automated. If they had autopilot like cars where a central computer was running them. people could sit back and let the system drive the cars. that way everyone could be within feet of eachother driving at ever increasing speeds no one would be able to make stupid driving moves, you could get in your car after a night out and let it drive you home etc. thats more like a plan to me. or if you wanted to go accross country. Punch in the destination and let your car take you there.

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FrankZappa · « **Reply #31 on:** March 29, 2006, 05:35:01 pm »

you obviously are not familiar with the works of Asimov...

Jim Cobb · « **Reply #32 on:** March 29, 2006, 05:56:32 pm »

i love asimov. the foundation series is great.

chooglincharley · « **Reply #33 on:** March 29, 2006, 06:54:54 pm »

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They should invest all this money to make highways automated. If they had autopilot like cars where a central computer was running them. people could sit back and let the system drive the cars. that way everyone could be within feet of eachother driving at ever increasing speeds no one would be able to make stupid driving moves, you could get in your car after a night out and let it drive you home etc. thats more like a plan to me. or if you wanted to go accross country. Punch in the destination and let your car take you there.

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i dont think our children will ever see the likes of that. Americans love their car. It is the ideal example of individualism. Personally, I believe we should figure out how we\'re going to shift over to an alternate fuel source without draining our economy, not so much speeds and automation. Yes, I like the idea presented above and it could work (using the figures accumulated over the past 30 years of accidents), but I dont think it will be implied.

obsession600 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:02:13 pm »

I think that the people who are afraid of "Big Brother" tracking them but support computer driven cars might be a little confused. What is to keep your car from being used as a law-enforcement tool? Maybe the car-computer receives an update that a crime just occurred in the area you are in. You enter your car after running your errand, the doors automatically lock and you are whisked away to the police for questioning (or just detained till they can get to you).

btw A lot of the camera systems have a camera to photograph the driver as well as one to record the license plate. That way you know whose ass to take that fine out of.

derickw · « **Reply #35 on:** March 30, 2006, 09:27:22 am »

I\'m not talking punching in a destination and sitting back. More like i\'m wasted and can\'t drive a straight line.... follow this road till i need to get off the highway..... not that i would ever drive wasted like that but 3AM after a show comes up pretty quickly and that 2+ hour ride home would be so much easier if i didn\'t have to concentrate so hard on driving the right speed and staying in the lines and staying awake.