driverless car on sky news

The railing is there at the side of the road - didn't you see that on the red button feature? The woman said that the railings are connected to compatible sensors in the car, and if the car careens towards the railings, they transform into power rangers in order to stop the car ploughing into the river.

there needs to be a mechanical over ride - a lever that drops an anchor. nothing linked to 'puter.

I think I'd rather catch the bus.

Surely governments should be encouraging people to use mass transport, got to be greener and better for the environment.

Christine

should make them like Johnny cabs in Total Recall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGi6j2VrL0o

The idea that we'll all be sitting in these cars and being driven everywhere is fanciful nonsense imo.
Bit like years ago, when they said( by now )  every city would have monorail systems in the sky.

One thing's for sure we have to do something about transport in UK now and get people out of cars and their reliance on them. The road system is always on a knife-edge and grinds to a gridlocked halt all too often. It needs a major rethink by the government but that aint gonna happen. Their main solution is to put a sticking plaster on the problem and build more roads which just encourages more of the same old.

Facts    06 Apr 17 07:54 
The idea that we'll all be sitting in these cars and being driven everywhere is fanciful nonsense imo.


You mean like planes that fly themselves?

Watched a show with an Australian postman in the outback who did an 800mile round trip twice a week. Driverless cars will be happening

Driverless trains do already exist and think it's about 10/15 years away
by people who dealing with the upgrade of systems
But dont buy a Diesel it's to polluting  and will kill people
who do not have a job(that be about 90% soon) due to technological advancement.

Can't come soon enough and get rid of the ridiculous csr culture in the UK. You'll not need to own a car and have it stuck on the drive when you don't use it. When you need to use a car you'll order it and it'll travel to your door to pick you up and take you where you want to go. No need to get the car insured, serviced, taxed and repaired. All electric so it'll be quiet as well as safe. No more status symbol cars and/or boy racers. So many advantages for us all as it'll free up so much time and resources. Roll on.

That utopian image you describe would mean massive cost savings.

But what will people end up polishing on a Sunday morning?

Their knobs.

i recently read an article about self-drive cars written by some psychologists. they think that because they will be programmed to avoid hitting pedestrians then when pedestrians are making a decision about whether or not it is safe to cross a road with cars approaching they will factor this in and will attempt crossings they wouldnt when faced by vehicles driven by humans. this, they say, will make congestion worse not better

Maybe we will have robots to help us cross the road too

We already do. Press the button and wait 'til the little man turns green and the traffic stops.

Apart from those that cross on the red man, which means the cars aren't stopping.

bix    06 Apr 17 13:08 
Can't come soon enough and get rid of the ridiculous csr culture in the UK. You'll not need to own a car and have it stuck on the drive when you don't use it. When you need to use a car you'll order it and it'll travel to your door to pick you up and take you where you want to go. No need to get the car insured, serviced, taxed and repaired. All electric so it'll be quiet as well as safe. No more status symbol cars and/or boy racers. So many advantages for us all as it'll free up so much time and resources. Roll on.


Have this already. It's called a Taxi.hth.

i recently read an article about self-drive cars written by some psychologists. they think that because they will be programmed to avoid hitting pedestrians then when pedestrians are making a decision about whether or not it is safe to cross a road with cars approaching they will factor this in and will attempt crossings they wouldnt when faced by vehicles driven by humans. this, they say, will make congestion worse not better

All the traffic cops freed up from chasing motorists could spend their time catching and fining Jay walkers instead.

This transport revolution will probably turn out to be one of the biggest changes brought about by computers and IT and like other innovations will come about a lot quicker than we all think. Just ponder a moment on all the other fundamental changes that have occured in a short space of time and how many things have become obsolete.

£2.20 every bus trip? if you need two connecting buses to get somewhere it's extortion.

no inflation yet? get a grip. it was 70p ten years ago.


if they want to reduce the traffic - make the buses a flat fee - a pound for a days local travel - £2 for longer trips. then subsidize the bus companies.

driverless vehicles in the future  will be able to carry out  high speed  evasive maneuvers easily ,high speed braking wont occur if there is a human driving the vehicle behind ,oh no ,it will be an avoid ,the tech is there .Roads will be one long information highway ,every vehicle talking to one another,every vehicle willhave capability to  slow in unison and will be sharing info of the road ahead ,will be flies eye tech .The big problem will be human driven cars totally messing things up ,likely scenario is that a high speed avoidance will be easily achieved but pedestrian will then be at the mercy of the speed of a the human brain  driving the vehicle behind ,driverless reaction times will be instant.
As speeds really increase humans will be able to chose a virtual speed via headgear so we can cope .

looking into the future a pedestrian should be able to walk into the road in total safety and vehicles will simply avoid but it may well prove an uncomfortable experience.Of course there will be hacks so you can give them a we flick of the mirror ,maybe deliver a high tension reminder to be more careful not to get so close  ,or spray fluorescent/magnetic paint on them  so the robocop can identify and warn next time thar on the road they will be corralled into a correction wagon. Dont forget the sun will provide the energy and  solar  charging will be the norm and cheap ,it will be battery to battery charging imo ,or maybe wireless power transfer will then come into play ,eventually it will and then we will have light vehicles ,hovering /airborne .
The skys the limit imo

Just need the oil to run out phurst but knowing  how it works ,thars prob a million years left and were contracted to it

Can't come soon enough now that a few peaceful chappies have found a new weapon of choice.