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   Rod Speed to Petzl   
   Re: It should be legal to shoot anyone o   
   05 Mar 24 08:48:34   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, misc.news.internet.discuss, aus.politics   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Petzl  wrote   
   > Rod Speed  wrote   
   >> Petzl  wrote   
   >>> Rod Speed  wrote   
   >>>> Harry Humboldt  wrote   
      
   >>>> It is legal to shoot you.   
      
   >>>>> Tesla, Cadillac, GMC drivers are all risking   
   >>>>> the lives of others  by playing with phones and   
   >>>>> tablets as their vehicle travels  public roads.   
      
   >>>> Not when the autopilot is smarter than the driver.   
      
   >>>> Its been like that with aircraft for decades now.   
      
   >>>>> They do not have their hands on the steering wheel   
   >>>>> and they are  not in  control of their vehicle.   
      
   >>>> Dont need to be when the autopilot is smarter than the driver.   
      
   >>>>> These people should be shot andleft to rot on the side of the road.   
      
   >>>> That's what we do with luddites like you.   
      
   >>> Also the Auto pilot is still smarter than the driver.   
      
   >> And doesnt ever doze off either.   
      
   >>> All accidents I have seen were caused by another person.   
      
   >> Not all, most obviously with motorbikes and   
   >> when you have a blowout or a wheel coming off.   
      
   > Motorbikes are aptly named suicide jockeys long before autopilot cars.   
      
   I was commenting on what causes accidents.   
      
   > Not heard of a wheel coming off a electric car,   
      
   Doesn't matter what vehicle it comes off when its the cause of the   
   accident.   
      
   > let alone on  autopilot.   
      
   Ditto.   
      
   > Ehe upmarket ones would detect that and stop?   
      
   But the wheel carreering down the road at speed   
   may well cause an accident, not the other driver.   
      
   >>> Last one was a uber electric Volvo driver hitting a personwho wheel a   
   >>> bike in front of the auto piloted car without looking.   
      
   >>> That person wpould of been hit by any unfortunate actual driver.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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