Do you think the hackers will be killing 1.24 million people per year?
http://www.who.int/gho/road_safety/mortality/en/
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> On 31 Aug 2015, at 15:10, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On the whole, that's an exceedingly bad idea. Whose time is coming. I'm
> likely won't be around to see it. With computer controlled anti lock breaks,
> and computer controlled cruse control, and most every modern car having it's
> owned assigned IP address it's only a matter of time before we have the first
> recorded homicide by hacking a cars cpu(s) and network. The more control the
> computer in the car has the more control a hacker can achieve. That's
> assuming there aren't gross errors in the programming to begin with.
>
> On 8/31/2015 2:07 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
>> P.s. I think that in 10-15 years time we'll be seeing moves to make it
>> illegal for humans to drive cars.
>>
>> When self-driving cars start appearing on our roads they will be so much
>> safer than human-driven ones that it will be difficult to argue against. For
>> example, why would a boy-racer ever give way to a self-driving
>> ('automobile'!) car, knowing that it will always give way?
>>
>> I don't think the few petrol-heads who'll be left will be too bothered about
>> it either. Half the fun of current cars comes from the sound of the engine,
>> and the direct relationship between the controls and movement of the car. As
>> drive-by-wire and silent, or artificial sound, cars come along that direct
>> connection is lost along with the feelings of control and exercise of skill
>> that makes driving so much fun.
>>
>> >From the point of view of cities this will be a good thing. We'll be able
>> >to get rid of most of the street signs and similar car-related street
>> >furniture that is so disfiguring of beautiful architecture, and it will
>> >reduce congestion.
>>
>> If you think digital cameras have been revolutionary, you ain't seen nothin'
>> yet.
>>
>> B
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>>
>>
>>> On 31 Aug 2015, at 05:48, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I like driving. The last car I owned was an MG B Roadster, but the times I
>>> got to actually enjoy it were so few and far between that the hassles
>>> massively outweighed the pleasures. Utility driving - which is probably 99%
>>> of car use for most people - is just a huge pain in the arse.
>>>
>>> And as for the countryside, it is of course mass car use that is destroying
>>> it - the pleasure of driving in it has a high cost. I get far more
>>> enjoyment from cycling and walking in the countryside than I ever did from
>>> driving in it
>>>
>>> B
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 31 Aug 2015, at 01:00, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I find driving a car, especially a well handling, responsive car, to be
>>>> almost therapeutic and a great way to relax and enjoy the countryside -
>>>> can't put a dollar value on that.
>>>>
>>>> Kenneth Waller
>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W-PDML" <p...@web-options.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: OT: Woo Hoo!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> On 30 Aug 2015, at 10:52, Malcolm Smith <rrve...@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob W wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And then there are all the other costs that car ownership entails.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Owning a car is a modern form of slavery. Getting rid of mine was on a
>>>>>>> par with giving up smoking as far as feeling liberated is concerned.
>>>>>> [...]t the
>>>>>> practical truth is it is quicker to go from A to B on most local trips by
>>>>>> cycling rather than car (although I need very little persuasion to take
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> cycle!). You can spend as long finding a parking place as it did to drive
>>>>>> there - pointless. [...]
>>>>> People can get a very warped perception of the so-called benefits of
>>>>> using a car. I've often been with people who've chosen to drive somewhere
>>>>> when I've decided to walk or ride, starting from the same place, and I've
>>>>> arrived there long before they have. This can sometimes be over distances
>>>>> of several miles, but because the other people have lost the very idea of
>>>>> leaving the car behind they have also lost the idea of how much it has
>>>>> crippled them.
>>>>>
>>>>> My normal commute to work, for example, is 8 miles each way, and cycling
>>>>> it is quicker than all other forms of transport.
>>>>>
>>>>> B
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