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« on: 23 May 2014, 15:38:36 »

Steady progress is being made on making these a reality with California bring the latest state to issue licences for them from September. I suspect by 2020 they will be in production and by 2030 will be our normal mode of travel. This is going to have a profound effect on society with driverless commercial vehicles and taxis. Google with their large search and knowledge base will have no problem in replacing the taxi driver conversations. And another Google fact.... ;D ;D ;D ;D

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2637362/Driverless-cars-licenses-First-certificates-issued-Californian-developers-September.html
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #1 on: 23 May 2014, 15:52:26 »

Nissan have a working prototype of a Leaf that will not just self-park, but drop you off at the front door of the supermarket, and it will drive around the car park looking for a space.  When ready, you tell it to come and pick you up at the front door! :o
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« Reply #2 on: 23 May 2014, 15:53:58 »

Nissan have a working prototype of a Leaf that will not just self-park, but drop you off at the front door of the supermarket, and it will drive around the car park looking for a space.  When ready, you tell it to come and pick you up at the front door! :o

.. by which time the battery will be flat. ;)
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #3 on: 23 May 2014, 16:40:51 »

Can't be any worse than some of the cars that I come across WITH driver input on my daily commute.  ;D
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #4 on: 23 May 2014, 16:45:59 »

But who want to be a simple passanger ?  :-\  Unless at Saturday night after a massive drinking haha  ;D
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« Reply #5 on: 23 May 2014, 16:46:28 »

Nah. It won't work. Remember the Jetsons? Never happened, did it?
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« Reply #6 on: 23 May 2014, 16:54:54 »

Nah. It won't work. Remember the Jetsons? Never happened, did it?

Sadly, yes. :-\

They already have the technology so it's only a matter of time before driverless cars are commonplace.

2020 sounds about right.
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #7 on: 23 May 2014, 16:57:39 »

For people who can't drive (women) driverless cars will be much appreciated.

No more sitting next to the 'great unwashed' on the bus/tube...etc..etc.... :y
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« Reply #8 on: 23 May 2014, 16:59:52 »

Nissan have a working prototype of a Leaf that will not just self-park, but drop you off at the front door of the supermarket, and it will drive around the car park looking for a space.  When ready, you tell it to come and pick you up at the front door! :o
Talking of Leafs, saw a pink '63 plate one heading London bound on the M3 this morning... :y
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« Reply #9 on: 23 May 2014, 17:00:32 »

If they think I'm ever getting in a car that's driven by Google software... ::)
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #10 on: 23 May 2014, 17:05:54 »

Nissan have a working prototype of a Leaf that will not just self-park, but drop you off at the front door of the supermarket, and it will drive around the car park looking for a space.  When ready, you tell it to come and pick you up at the front door! :o
Talking of Leafs, saw a pink '63 plate one heading London bound on the M3 this morning... :y

You sure it wasn't red? 
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #11 on: 23 May 2014, 17:18:02 »

Making a car 'drive' without a driver is easy. Getting it to do so reliably and safely with all the unpredictable, hard to allow for stuff that goes on all around is next to impossible. Now multiply that by all the cars on the roads. We don't allow trains without drivers, and they are in a much more suitable environment.

Without a massive change in the way we use them, driverless cars are a long way off.
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« Reply #12 on: 23 May 2014, 17:19:14 »

Making a car 'drive' without a driver is easy. Getting it to do so reliably and safely with all the unpredictable, hard to allow for stuff that goes on all around is next to impossible. Now multiply that by all the cars on the roads. We don't allow trains without drivers, and they are in a much more suitable environment.

Without a massive change in the way we use them, driverless cars are a long way off.
Not in our lifetime.
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Re: Driverless Cars
« Reply #13 on: 23 May 2014, 17:25:50 »

Making a car 'drive' without a driver is easy. Getting it to do so reliably and safely with all the unpredictable, hard to allow for stuff that goes on all around is next to impossible. Now multiply that by all the cars on the roads. We don't allow trains without drivers, and they are in a much more suitable environment.

Without a massive change in the way we use them, driverless cars are a long way off.
Not in our lifetime.

You'll be dead before Christmas. :)
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« Reply #14 on: 23 May 2014, 17:30:41 »

Quite a lot of our BMW's are driverless at the moment!!!  :-X :-X :-X   ;D ;D ;D
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