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ToolBox Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 3439 Location: Detroit, where they don't jack parts off my ride in the parking lot of the 7-11
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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There is still a long ways to go for autonomous vehicles. There is a ton of infrastructure that needs to be put in place. NHTSA needs to bless the produce. lawyers need to figure out who is at fault in an accident - driver, other driver, manufacturer, software provider, hardware provider or was it the smart roadway?
There might be actual autonomous vehicles ready to go but lawyers and regulators will be the big hold ups.
They can't even automate the railways... |
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Spezialist Banned
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 1941
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Hope that car doesn't get a virus. _________________
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VOLKSWAGNUT Fastest VW Belt Changer
Joined: October 14, 2007 Posts: 11053 Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Spezialist wrote: |
Hope that car doesn't get a virus. |
Sorry.. but if it starts with autonomous taxi's and mobile brothel potential there will be an abundance of viruses and STD's spread.
The average person would need a full body condom just to open the door let alone ride in those..
Of course.. the same advice can be applied to current non autonomous public transportation.
You would think they should have some type of Surgeon Generals warnings on them by now..
. _________________ aka Ken {o\!/o}
Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
Better to roll em' how you want and wear em' out-than lettin' em' rot out
Its about the going not the showing
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Dwayne1m Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2011 Posts: 3538 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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60ragtop wrote: |
Dwayne1m wrote: |
it's not the general public. |
What's the general public opinion have to do with much of anything any more |
Good point. Sounds like my boss. He wants everyone's opinion, but being the control freak that he is, still goes against everyone and does it his way. It's not a good idea unless it's his idea. |
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ach60 Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2001 Posts: 4139 Location: Santa Maria
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Dwayne1m wrote: |
Are you really trying to say that all these companies are investing millions into autonomous cars for the DARPA Challenge? |
No, just trying to show some history.
The question was "who asked for a self driving car?"
I believe DARPA made the challenge, and the challenge was answered in 2005 & 2007.
Clearly industrial interest have now taken over for financial gain.
There are a lot of "driving" jobs that could change radically in the next 10 to 20 years. _________________ Good Luck
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Dwayne1m Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2011 Posts: 3538 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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ach60 wrote: |
The question was "who asked for a self driving car?"
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Yes, I did ask that question and the more I think about it the more confused I get. For instance, today I was talking with 2 coworkers, Jeff(47) and Chris(27). Chris had never heard of a self driving car. Jeff heard about it but was under the impression it was all Sci Fi stuff. I then showed them a YouTube video of a driverless car. Chris said that nobody will want one b/c they will obey the speed limit and not be fast enough. Both guys were amazed at first at the technology, but then at the same time they both said, "Why would anyone want one of these?" Good question.
Step back a minute and think about business. In order for a business to spend millions on R&D on a new and revolutionary product, such as a driverless car, there has to be something on the other end to benefit the business. Either there is a desire/need for the product by the public, or the business is being coerced by someone. Somehow and someway the business has to benefit from the new product. Now ask yourself this, why are ALL car manufacturers building these cars when the public is not asking for them? I can understand a company like Google or Garmin experimenting with making a driverless car b/c that is a neat little toy specifically related to their line of business, but why is every car maker building them when there is no outcry for them? If you owned a business would you spend millions creating a product nobody was asking for? What am I missing? |
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51057 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Dwayne1m wrote: |
What am I missing? |
A pat on the back and a chubby envelope from a lobbyist in Washington.
Nothing cleans up the planet and saves lives like having the robot drive carefully at the speed limit, who's going to be first on the global hero bandwagon?
Manufacturers may just be spying on each other and trying to stay in the game, or perhaps rumors say that it's going to be the law one day and you'd better have a product ready to sell to the masses.
I'm scared........... _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
Please don't PM technical questions, ask your problem in public so everyone can play along. If you think it's too stupid post it here
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Zeen Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2004 Posts: 1308 Location: The Sunny Part of Michigan
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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FOMO. Fear Of Missing Out. None of the automakers wants to have their business disrupted, so they need to invest in it. They are redefining their business as "transportation services" instead of "making cars".
Uber is awesome, and it is a "transportation service". If you've ever used it, you may be friendly with the driver, but he is just a means to an end. You don't really pay much attention to how fast he is driving, as long as he's not being crazy. That's probably where it will show up first; summon an Uber car, and it just happens to not have a human driver.
We may not like it, but we are dinosaurs. Millennials are a different species, and many of them view driving as a chore they are happy to outsource. _________________ The consequences of your decisions should not be confused with fate. |
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Dwayne1m Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2011 Posts: 3538 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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In my local paper today was a report the Uber will start using autonomous cars in Pittsburgh. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12816 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Dwayne1m wrote: |
In my local paper today was a report the Uber will start using autonomous cars in Pittsburgh. |
That'll be hilarious, I'd like to see how autonomous cars deal with the potholes in places like Pittsburgh & DC. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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ach60 Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2001 Posts: 4139 Location: Santa Maria
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Dwayne1m Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2011 Posts: 3538 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 5:21 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Wow. That's the first time I've seen or heard anything about big rigs being autonomous and I worked around big rigs for many years and still have contacts with folks dealing with big rigs.
I drove race cars for 20+ years and to me driving is fun and pleasurable so I can't understand why someone wants to surrender that. To me having an autonomous car is the same as riding a bus or taxi. I have a T-shirt with a VW bus on it and it says, "It's the journey not the destination". Maybe I am in the minority and people see driving as a chore and are willing to give it up. |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:40 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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like anything, people will vote with their wallets...
in the beginning it will be very cost prohibitive, and folks won't spring for it. as far as big rigs...I can see that (kind of) as there won't be mandatory breaks fro the drivers.
what I do see is the rig getting hacked and stolen/hijacked...which I suppose is better than a driver getting murdered....
the issue becomes who will be able to afford the repairs on this stuff? knowing what I know now, 1 "module" (radio) can take down the network so your windows/hvac loose functionality.
a Volvo reman radio is around 1K, plus labor and programming....bringing that repair to an ez 1,300....so the real question is who will be able to afford this crap?
electronics just can't handle the temperature swings....see that a lot here in New England, plus "green death" on terminal pins.... _________________
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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VOLKSWAGNUT Fastest VW Belt Changer
Joined: October 14, 2007 Posts: 11053 Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:05 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
electronics just can't handle the temperature swings....see that a lot here in New England, plus "green death" on terminal pins.... |
Yep.. We have temp swings sometimes of 40 degrees in a day..
It used to be just the carbon cracking off causing a "knock" that was mistaken for a "blowd moter"
Now.. .its modules that just say .. fuck this...and quit.
Green death.. hahaha.. is abundant..
Not to mention "fretting"
Lube up...
Autonomous cars will probably be wireless to avoid wiring issues...
Im out.. wireless is voodoo magic..
. _________________ aka Ken {o\!/o}
Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
Better to roll em' how you want and wear em' out-than lettin' em' rot out
Its about the going not the showing
Rebuilt to drive not decorate
WANTED: Local Eatin' Joints, Triple D for TheSamba contributions here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=570510
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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seems a hacker has pissed off tesla
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hacker-claims-tesla-downgraded-model-143039860.html _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Enkiel Samba Member
Joined: October 21, 2004 Posts: 2771 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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i'm just getting around the idea to buy an all electric car when ours is due to be replaced (around 2020)...
i'm not ready yet for self driving... its a cool idea tho.
"Siri, i'm too drunk to drive, get me home"
"Yes sir".
sound good. _________________ 1964 Turkis Flipseat |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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hmm ...my bug is self driving, I just got back from intown trip where I was driving it MY SELF. wtf whoo is driving everybody elses car? |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16803 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Enkiel wrote: |
"Siri, i'm too drunk to drive, get me home"
"Yes sir".
sound good. |
"sir, tomtom is being an asshole and wont give me directions, please say a command" _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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VOLKSWAGNUT Fastest VW Belt Changer
Joined: October 14, 2007 Posts: 11053 Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: Self-driving cars will be “here” by 2020! |
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Ill just waiting and saving for the public Iron Man like suit instead.
Jarvis home please..
. _________________ aka Ken {o\!/o}
Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
Better to roll em' how you want and wear em' out-than lettin' em' rot out
Its about the going not the showing
Rebuilt to drive not decorate
WANTED: Local Eatin' Joints, Triple D for TheSamba contributions here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=570510
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ach60 Samba Member
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