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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yea I know what you mean on that. I was going to work one morning and a > woman on the phone in a suv got over into my lane. It was only a 2 lane > highway! All I knew was I saw a 20 inch tire headed for my face. Luckily > there was an emergency lane I blew my horn and slammed on the gas. (to my > right was a 200ft cliff) When I pulled in front of her she was still yapping > on the phone unaware that she almost killed us. Or me at the minimum. > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Martin Baxter > <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Mr Worf, I'm sorry to hear that, too. >> >> My moment of being done with SUVs was when a woman in Downtown Atlanta, >> driving one while chatting on her cellphone, jumped a corner and almost made >> me a LOT thinner than I am. >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Man I'm sorry to hear that. >>> I people every day who simply aren't qualified to drive the SUV's and >>> vans they own. You can tell they don't really know how to corner in the >>> vehicles, as the higher center of gravity makes real control difficult over >>> a car or light truck, they have no good concept of stopping distances at >>> high speeds, often seem to be unaware of who's around them (meaning side- >>> and rearview mirrors aren't set well). Many can't even seem to be able to >>> park them between the white lines in parking lots. >>> >>> Many, many people in SUV's are dangerous as far as I'm concerned, because >>> they never really become skilled drivers who work at understanding their >>> vehicles. I've lost count of how many moms with kids, dudes on cell phones, >>> etc., I see on the road of Atlanta in SUV's who get in typical traffic >>> situations and over- or undercompensate, vehicles veering all over the >>> place--obvious proof they don't really know how to handle them. Personally I >>> think that SUV owners, and maybe some bigger truck and van owners, should be >>> required to take additional driving lessons. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> >>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:39:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging >>> technologies >>> >>> >>> >>> My sister's friend had a horrible road trip incident in one last year. >>> She and a friend was driving while towing a trailer and rolled a SUV on >>> their way down to ATL. So not only did she lose her vehicle most of her >>> belongings as well and her friend. >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson < >>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Agreed. the idea of people with a HUD who already have trouble focusing >>>> on driving down a road scares me--especially those in SUV's, who have no >>>> concept of how to drive the vehicles. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tracy Curtis" <tlcurti...@gmail.com> >>>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:33:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging >>>> technologies >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. >>>> If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't >>>> good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting >>>> visual signals to follow. That's not good. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson < >>>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "augmented reality windshield"? For a car? Don't know what frightens me >>>>> more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or >>>>> texting >>>>> have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this >>>>> is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> >>>>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:20:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada >>>>> Eastern >>>>> Subject: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging >>>>> technologies >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging >>>>> technologies<http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217.html> Augmented >>>>> reality on your windshield >>>>> >>>>> - Next Image ยป<http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html> >>>>> >>>>> [image: Augmented reality on your >>>>> windshield]<http://content.zdnet.com/2347-11422_22-418217-418218.html?seq=1> >>>>> The human/machine interface department at GM has developed a working >>>>> heads-up display that turns an ordinary windshield into an augmented >>>>> reality >>>>> information dashboard. >>>>> >>>>> *See full story: * An augmented reality windshield from >>>>> GM<http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=2164&tag=col1;post-2164>in >>>>> Chris Jablonski's Emerging >>>>> Tech blog <http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/>. >>>>> >>>>> *Credit: General Motors and Carnegie Mellon University* >>>>> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-1.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-3.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-4.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-5.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-6.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-7.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-8.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-9.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-10.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-11.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-12.html> >>>>> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-13.html> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>>> Mahogany at: >>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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