XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: robban@clubtelco.com
On 24/01/2014 11:49 am, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 1/23/2014 6:57 PM, Chrysi Cat wrote:
>> On 1/23/2014 6:34 PM, Robert Bannister wrote:
>>> On 24/01/2014 4:03 am, Your Name wrote:
>>>> In article , David
>>>> Friedman wrote:
>>>>> In article <220120141849207998%YourName@YourISP.com>,
>>>>> Your Name wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I once had map software on my laptop while I was entering St. Louis
>>>>>>> via
>>>>>>> a bridge across the Mississippi try to tell me to take a left turn
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> the divided interstate highway bridge a hundred feet up in the air
>>>>>>> onto
>>>>>>> the riverside jogging/bike path below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One example of NUMEROUS that prove self-driving cars simply aren't
>>>>>> going to happen any time soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think that follows. As best I can tell, the Google
>>>>> self-driving
>>>>> car doesn't rely on just GPS and maps. It has mechanisms for watching
>>>>> the actual road and traffic.
>>>>>
>>>>> You might as well argue that human driven cars aren't going to happen
>>>>> any time soon. They too rely on a combination of information sources,
>>>>> one of which is often the GPS.
>>>>
>>>> Human drivers (hopefully) also use intelligence, common sens, and an
>>>> ability to make decisions for themselves ...three things a computer
>>>> simply cannot currently have, no matter how complicated the programming
>>>> is.
>>>>
>>>> Human drivers can also read road signs no matter where they are placed
>>>> (other than behind a tree!), whereas a computer will have difficulty
>>>> doing that in EVERY instance.
>>>>
>>>> Then there are facts like many roads simply not having markings for the
>>>> computer to see, or having duplicate markings where the road has been
>>>> chaged for somereason. The possibilities for something not thought of
>>>> in the programming are endless.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Human drivers also think they can maintain a conversation on their
>>> mobile phone, another with their passengers while listening to sport on
>>> their car radio and drive at the same time.
>>>
>> So wait, would you be inclined to ban _radio receivers_ in cars? Driving
>> is boring enough that forcing people to do it in silence would lead to
>> all sorts of fun reactions...
>>
> Multiple studies have shown that driving in silence is much safer, both
> for that driver and everyone else on the road.
>
So long as the other passengers aren't asleep. There is perceptible
difference in the silence of sleeping passengers and it is infectious.
Luckily, the last time it happened to me, there were no trees, rocks or
ditches on the side of the road and I managed to regain the highway
without waking my passengers.
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Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England
1972-now W Australia
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