[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Driverless vehicles Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by ELaw [Email] (#699) [Profile/Gallery] (more from ELaw) on Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:18 In Reply to: Driverless cars & Insurance, Noel, Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:42 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Whenever I hear this stuff about driverless cars, I think of the BART system in California.

IMHO a train system should be much easier to computerize than cars. All vehicles are under control of the computer, there are no "lanes" and way fewer opportunities to make a wrong turn, stops are very limited, sensors can be placed wherever needed, etc. Yet even after 40+ years to "work out the bugs", they still have to have human operators on the trains in case the computer has a hiccup, and from what I understand those hiccups occur pretty regularly.

So if they can't make a train system reliable with computer control, how likely is it to happen with cars in the "real world"?

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Eric Law

Current collection:
'12 Audi A4 quattro (self-tuned)
'14 Audi A6 quattro (also self-tuned)

Gone but not forgotten:
 '72 99, '77 99 (became a turbo, twice)
 '80 900T 5-door, '81 900T, '86 900S (became a turbo), '86 900 SPG
 '86 9000, '97 9000 Aero
 A bunch of Audis, '69 Firebird, '64 Toyota Corona (first car, cost $35 and worth every penny)

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• Driverless cars & Insurance, Noel, Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:42
  • We're getting close to it now, No Snaab, Fri, 24 May 2013 04:34:29
  • Driverless vehicles, ELaw , Mon, 20 May 2013 04:47:18 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: Trains, Bill Homer , Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:37
  • Autonomous cars found trustworthy in global study, JohnA , Sun, 19 May 2013 07:41:26
    • Re: Autonomous cars found trustworthy in global study, Osvensk , Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:12
      • Planes can already do this., Noel, Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:20
        • The guys who rent our family farm in central Minnesota, Osvensk , Thu, 23 May 2013 07:57:45
    • I wouldn't trust them, JerseySaab , Sun, 19 May 2013 13:35:00
      • Re: I wouldn't trust them, kurt nelson, Sun, 19 May 2013 13:48:13
    • Must have surveyed people who don't use computers, Bill Homer , Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:55
      • Re: Must have surveyed people who don't use computers, JohnA , Sun, 19 May 2013 11:44:50
        • Too many variables!, Noel, Sun, 19 May 2013 15:03:24

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