Well maybe an arm, if you gave up a leg that could mean you wouldn't
have a leg to stand on.
Than you would have to drive with one-hand but if you gave upthe leg instead
you might need to drive using hand controls especially if the break and the
gas pedal were far apart.
That might cost lots more. Course maybe they could control the car using
dragon naturally speaking or something.
Mike
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Lanier" <[email protected]>
To: "'Andy Baracco'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:21 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Blind Driving to come soon!
Helllo,
Its ok to dream isn't it? I, personally, would gladly give one of my
limbs
to be able to have the freedom to drive a car or bike. My feet have
served
me well, but, it would be the utmost in freedom to be able to motate
myself
at a greater speed heheehe.
Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Baracco [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Re: Blind Driving to come soon!
I am always interested in assistive technology from the technological
standpoint, and would like to try driving the car for the fun of it, in a
place where i wouldn't be in harm's way. But i am concerned about the
blind
people who read articles like this, and expect that they will be off the
bus
any time soon. it ain't gonna happen. Because even if this becomes
technologically possible, no state will license a blind driver, and no
insurance company will insure one. i have used enough technology to know
that the best technology can fail. Technologicaly, airplanes can fly
themselves, but i do not know of any airline that has stopped employing
pilots. Technologically, the Bay Area Rapid Transit trains in the San
francisco Bay area can run themselves, but on every train there is a human
operator just in case the computers fail, and they have. So don't burn
your
bus pass any time soon.
Andy
At 02:14 PM 8/8/2009, you wrote:
That's the dumbest project the NFB has come up with to date! There's
enough
sighted people on the roads who shouldn't be driving.
And what does this message have to do with this list anyway?
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Cox" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected] ; <[email protected]
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:18 PM
Subject: Blind Driving to come soon!
Hello All, Thought this article might be of interest to all.
20 blind people are able to test drive dune buggy designed by Va. Tech
students
02/08/2009 12:56:00 AM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - Several blind people were able to get behind the
wheel of a new high-tech vehicle designed by Virginia Tech engineering
students.
Twenty blind people took turns manoeuvring the retrofitted dune buggy
Friday
in a parking lot at the University of Maryland. The test drive capped a
National Federation for the Blind summer camp for 200 blind youth from
across the country.
Virginia Tech was the only university to take on a 2004 challenge from the
federation to build a vehicle that could let blind people drive.
The buggy they designed uses a laser sensor to figure out the road ahead.
A
special vibrating vest worn by drivers communicates speed and warns when
to
stop. And a headset relays voice commands signalling which way to turn.
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