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   In article <52d8ca73$0$52774$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional   
   Traveler  wrote:   
   > On 1/16/2014 7:36 AM, Bernard Peek wrote:   
   > > On 14/01/14 18:25, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> So while self-driving cars are definitely possible, my point remains   
   > >> that they'll be ushered in surrounded by a cloud of changes to the way   
   > >> the world works.  Some of those changes will be easy to predict, and   
   > >> some with be complete surprises.  It's just outright*wrong*  if all you   
   > >> do is apply today's thinking to a world where a fanciful technology is   
   > >> commonplace.   
   > >   
   > > I could probably put together a design for self-driving cars that could   
   > > be built with today's technology.   
   >   
   > If you really can, why haven't any of the many companies working on   
   > doing so been able to?   
      
   They have - sort of. There are already cars which can park themselves,   
   and cars which can stay in the correct lane (assuming the lanes   
   actually have paint on the road!), plus cars which drive themsevles in   
   a "folow-the-leader" / "duck walking" sense are due for release very   
   soon in some countries. There are also quite a few self-driving "pod"   
   cars around which run on purpose-built roading systems.   
      
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