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RE: On Board!
By spaced_ on 8/28/2013 6:30:23 PM , Rating: 3
Frankly, I am tired, and if I can have an affordable option to take a quick cat nap on my 45min drive into work then I'll take it.

There's already a technology that was invented quite some time ago that satisfies your needs.

It's called 'public transport'.

RE: On Board!
By Flunk on 8/29/2013 9:34:00 AM , Rating: 2
Which is totally lousy across the majority of America. If we all lived in New York city, that would definitely be an option.

RE: On Board!
By purerice on 8/31/2013 1:15:17 PM , Rating: 2
For the ivory tower politicians who do live in such places as NYC, Chi, SF, etc. public transportation is all the rage except when they are driven around in caravans of SUVs.

A local politician chastised a gardener struggling to get by for his "dirty emission" diesel truck that gets about 18mpg.
She said he'd be more responsible if he got a hybrid.
He answered something like "A hybrid truck costs $30,000 to $50,000 and gets 2 miles per gallon more than mine on a good day. I would have to drive over a million miles to make up the difference."

Of course politicians would rather see him drag his 300-400 pounds of equipment on and off public buses than carry them in his truck.

Back on subject, I would be OK with autonomous vehicles if all vehicles were autonomous. It's not that I don't trust the machines themselves but that I can spot a nutty driver from 10 cars ahead or behind and do my best to get out of the way. I can see a driver on a cell phone prepping a lane change into my lane and get out of the way. I don't quite trust a computer to do those kinds of things. On local streets, I would rather have the ability to stop when I see a kid throw a ball into the street or if turning onto a one-way street, a bicyclist riding against traffic on the other side of parked cars.
Still, the concept is nifty. If I were to doze off I wouldn't mind a car that could pull over and switch on hazard lights for me.

