On 06/01/07, Mike Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I really want to see a central traffic computer take driving away from all the unqualified (or disinterested) drivers on the roads. I'd really like to see companies get incentives to allow "knowledge workers" work from home offices to save commute time and fuel resources, but until that happens (yeah, the employer wants to give up their sense of control?) it would be nice to reclaim that time by allowing me to focus on what *I* want rather than on driving.
I agree on the driving thing. One day people will laugh about the times when you once had to get behind a steering wheel and wrestle with it, and how human driving was so unreliable that people had to be insured against the results of their own incompetence. The most optimistic pundits believe that it will be ten years from Stanley to the highway. There could be numerous non-technical hurdles (both legal and insurance related) which might delay progress further. I expect to see the first autonomous road system in some relatively quiet area of the world, where there are few (or no) traffic regulations, and no insurance companies to complain. Maybe some country in Africa or a province of China will be the first to go autonomous. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
