XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 13/01/2014 11:36 am, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , Greg Goss   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Leszek Karlik"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:47:42 +0100, Doc O'Leary   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>> I don't even understand the analogy you're trying to make.  Self-driving   
   >>>> cars *are* a virtual train.   
   >>>   
   >>> No, self-driving cars are, basically, taxis with robot drivers instead of   
   >>> human drivers, which makes them cheaper, so people will be better able   
   >>> to afford them.   
   >>>   
   >>> A limousine with a driver is a self-driving car from the point of view   
   >>> of a CEO and it's nothing like a virtual train.   
   >>   
   >> That's because the limo driver cannot see out the window five cars   
   >> ahead.   
   >   
   > He / she better be able to look ahead if he's a good driver. Only   
   > morons drive looking solely at the car directly in front of them -   
   > you're meant to look further ahead to see what's happening.   
      
   Unfortunately, so many people have bought SUVs that the driver of a   
   normal car can't see anything. Tinted windows add to the insult.   
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