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Jesus Malverde

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42. I've lived In the Bay Area 15 years and didn't know that.

Reply to AZ Progressive (Reply #40)

Thu May 28, 2015, 05:05 AM

May 2015

Great comment... Thanks!

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Self-parking Volvo ploughs into journalists after owner neglects to pay for extra feature. [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2015 OP

Do they charge extra for cars with brake pedals? nt Xipe Totec May 2015 #1

lol! LuvNewcastle May 2015 #44

Of COURSE you have to pay extra for the "don't mow down innocent pedestrians" feature. Nye Bevan May 2015 #2

Its most likely expense, the auto-stopping feature was initially designed to avoid hitting... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #22

I would really like to see requirements that the car sales people tell you about the damn car. truedelphi May 2015 #30

x 2 Omaha Steve May 2015 #50

K&R! n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #78

Subaru Eyesight... Agschmid May 2015 #66

Exactly, when installed, these systems seem to work quite well. Humanist_Activist May 2015 #67

What's a CD player? Agschmid May 2015 #68

My 9 year old daughter has never played a CD or DVD. Nye Bevan May 2015 #71

Fuck that! I'd pay extra for the "mow down journalists remotely" feature! Warren DeMontague May 2015 #28

The new Sean Penn model n/t gelsdorf May 2015 #47

Perfect! nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #55

Earth to Volvo. If you are going to make cars "Self driving" you cannot make "pedestrian avoidance" yellowcanine May 2015 #70

This is why self-driving cars are BS. Daemonaquila May 2015 #3

Oh my God, you have to be kidding, of course there will be self driving cars! Nt Logical May 2015 #4

How is this an example of that? Joe the Revelator May 2015 #5

Would you really trust self driving vehicles to be 100% bug free? AZ Progressive May 2015 #7

Do I trust human drivers to be 100% bug free? PowerToThePeople May 2015 #8

More so than the current texting, phone talking masses? Yes. nt Joe the Revelator May 2015 #13

No, do I expect them to be a lot better than human drivers, fuck yes! n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #19

They'll certainly kill fewer than the 32,000 Americans human drivers kill each year (nt) Recursion May 2015 #27

Parking is part of driving. So self parking is also self driving. yellowcanine May 2015 #72

Google cars have driven over 1.7 million miles and only 11 accidents occurred. Quixote1818 May 2015 #23

There would hae been more accidents but human "co-pilots" stepped in to avoid them Tom Rinaldo May 2015 #61

And just how fast are those Google cars going? Art_from_Ark May 2015 #74

Huh? Because human drivers are doing a good job? Recursion May 2015 #25

I bet many naysayers back during the Wright Brothers' time yeoman6987 May 2015 #32

LOL trumad May 2015 #48

It's not the concept self driving cars that's the problem, IMO kcr May 2015 #73

Lets spread this video, why self driving cars should not be permitted. AZ Progressive May 2015 #6

The car killed off carriage drivers Joe the Revelator May 2015 #15

Thats a very ignorant way of seeing things AZ Progressive May 2015 #37

The video is an example of HUMAN stupidity, not a failure of the technology. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #20

Yeah, well, humans are building the automation technology AZ Progressive May 2015 #34

I will say, once tested and vetted, I will trust the machine more than humans... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #63

Down with wheat threshing machines! Down with windmills! Recursion May 2015 #26

Look what the Industrial Revolution is doing to the planet? We're killing life on earth... AZ Progressive May 2015 #35

I have a very good idea of how advanced automation is going to get Recursion May 2015 #36

Good luck convincing the puritan work ethic based Capitalists about that AZ Progressive May 2015 #38

I'm right and they're wrong. They get wronger every day. Recursion May 2015 #39

Nailed it Jesus Malverde May 2015 #52

This video only shows that we are not 100% ready yet Travis_0004 May 2015 #43

I agree. I can see multi-car pileups. I can see dead people. As a senior technologist, RKP5637 May 2015 #77

Perhaps it's just me, but....... WillowTree May 2015 #9

How much pedestrian detection functionality does your non-self-driving car have? Recursion May 2015 #29

Mine actually does have a minimal amount of pedestrian detection functionality. WillowTree May 2015 #54

And by the way....... WillowTree May 2015 #56

Mine beeps JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #57

Thanks, Willow Tree. I totally agree. n /t truedelphi May 2015 #31

Huge Bug !!! WillyT May 2015 #10

And it's not even a Beetle. nt Xipe Totec May 2015 #49

The people that chose to stand right in front of the car aren't that bright. Renew Deal May 2015 #11

Clearly, it is the pedestrians who should pay for it instead jberryhill May 2015 #12

Mostly, I'm amused at the posters that conflate a self-parking car with a self-driving car. Chan790 May 2015 #14

It's been awhile since my drivers test... lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #16

Jeff...three questions. Chan790 May 2015 #18

The mental gymnatics in this thread are amazing to behold! Rex May 2015 #59

It's supposed to be a self stopping car, of other vehicles NOT people. Humanist_Activist May 2015 #65

That sounds so stupid, I can believe it. The title says self-parking...no shit it does. Rex May 2015 #69

hopefully no.one was seriously hurt Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #17

Bruises no serious injuries. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #24

More and better trains all around, Ron Green May 2015 #21

Driver was hitting the gas! My Pet Goat May 2015 #33

BTW, this reminds me of an attempt to automate Rapid Transit in the 1970's AZ Progressive May 2015 #40

I've lived In the Bay Area 15 years and didn't know that. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #42

Edited. Alkene May 2015 #41

Except this was the driver's fault entirely whatthehey May 2015 #62

It's a feature, not a bug. JVS May 2015 #45

Still not as bad as this Prius... GreatGazoo May 2015 #46

Vulvas don't hurt people, cheap Vulva owners hurt people underpants May 2015 #51

DUZY...nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #53

Are we sure the car did not just decide to take out a few humans for S&G? Rex May 2015 #58

Ooopsie! Then I guess it is NOT a self parking car! Rex May 2015 #60

The Volvo is the proper name for the exterior parts. Orrex May 2015 #64

"a special feature known as �pedestrian detection functionality�, which costs extra"?! KamaAina May 2015 #75

Once upon a time people had the brains to look for pedestrians and to park a car. Now, RKP5637 May 2015 #76