Re: [Vo]:Progress in autonomous automobiles

2007-12-04 Thread Harry Veeder
On 4/12/2007 3:02 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:

> See:
> 
> "In the Future, Smart People Will Let Cars Take Control"
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/science/04tier.html
> 
> Quote from end of article:
> 
> "And even if humans stubbornly cling to the steering wheel, they
> could still end up sharing the road with smart cars."
> 
> He has that wrong. Once smart cars become safer than manually driven
> ones, manual driving will be outlawed. We will not stand by and watch
> thousands of people killed every year for no reason.
> 
> - Jed
> 

gosh...what will happen to the car insurance  business? ;-)
Harry



[Vo]:Progress in autonomous automobiles

2007-12-04 Thread Jed Rothwell

See:

"In the Future, Smart People Will Let Cars Take Control"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/science/04tier.html

Quote from end of article:

"And even if humans stubbornly cling to the steering wheel, they 
could still end up sharing the road with smart cars."


He has that wrong. Once smart cars become safer than manually driven 
ones, manual driving will be outlawed. We will not stand by and watch 
thousands of people killed every year for no reason.


- Jed