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FrodosPet

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21. Apples and Oranges. Good for dessert, bad for comparisons

Wed Sep 21, 2016, 07:17 PM

Sep 2016

Yes, self driving cars, limited to 25 MPH, and operating under human supervision with frequent human intervention in a relatively small and carefully mapped areas had BETTER be safer than millions of people driving at a range of speeds in uncontrolled situations.

How many "in the wild without any human intervention" miles do they have?

You seem to think I don't want SDC technology. That is an incorrect assumption. I can see the benefits, the potential. All I want is public eyes on the development and deployment.

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Your concerns about technology are pure BS. Leave those poor corporations alone [View all] FrodosPet Sep 2016 OP

Nice passive-aggressive post. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #1

Thank you! FrodosPet Sep 2016 #4

And the benefits are? lame54 Sep 2016 #2

Yeah... That kind of does make you a technophobic Luddite. eom VulgarPoet Sep 2016 #3

huh? WestCoastLib Sep 2016 #5

And there are people upset by that very fact FrodosPet Sep 2016 #6

Not seeing it, sorry. WestCoastLib Sep 2016 #9

No, you really don't. whatthehey Sep 2016 #10

Getting old really sucks FrodosPet Sep 2016 #18

All of those things are existing road hazards Codeine Sep 2016 #33

You are correct. No more strawmen posts. Not sure if I will even leave uncommented news stories FrodosPet Sep 2016 #40

Everyone likes and dislikes regulation The2ndWheel Sep 2016 #12

And the advancement of science and technology has even higher standards than you LanternWaste Sep 2016 #15

Another bullshit FUD strawman whatthehey Sep 2016 #7

I have NOTHING against deploying the tech when ready FrodosPet Sep 2016 #25

Oh, look. Another luddite. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #8

Getting old should be illegal FrodosPet Sep 2016 #19

No, but it should impart humility. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #27

I for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. Hugin Sep 2016 #11

With any luck at all they'll be equipped with Galaxy 7 style batteries. Hugin Sep 2016 #17

Robots shouldn't have tweaker teeth. Codeine Sep 2016 #34

Word on the street is this is the clocker with the apple jack. Hugin Sep 2016 #37

People die every day from human error Egnever Sep 2016 #13

Apples and Oranges. Good for dessert, bad for comparisons FrodosPet Sep 2016 #21

You must hate the space program yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #26

And -I- am supposed to be the "strawman guy" in this thread? FrodosPet Sep 2016 #28

I admit it was strawman but it was the only thing at the time I could equate to it yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #29

The benefits and potential are already being realized Major Nikon Sep 2016 #49

No more and no less than the transformation to the combustion engine from the horse and buggy LanternWaste Sep 2016 #14

What you have to do is accept that you don't matter The2ndWheel Sep 2016 #16

I am trying, but that is very difficult FrodosPet Sep 2016 #22

Wow. No posts about teh impossible, can't drive in the snow Glassunion Sep 2016 #20

I guess all that does not matter FrodosPet Sep 2016 #23

You raise some excellent points Glassunion Sep 2016 #24

And how about the fucking Grapevine in SoCal. longship Sep 2016 #30

What about Grapevine? Glassunion Sep 2016 #31

How many of those miles experience rain or snow? longship Sep 2016 #32

They don't only get tested in CA and NV when the weather is good. Glassunion Sep 2016 #35

My safety standards are simple. longship Sep 2016 #36

How is insurance a game stopper? Egnever Sep 2016 #39

Right now, no insurance company is going to insure one for a reasonable price. longship Sep 2016 #41

You keep saying things as if they are fact but they aren't. Egnever Sep 2016 #42

No true Scotsman! longship Sep 2016 #43

At this point I think it is pretty clear you are not interested in facts Egnever Sep 2016 #44

No! You are wrong. I am interested in safety longship Sep 2016 #45

And yet in every accident they have been in except one 2mph fender bender. Egnever Sep 2016 #46

But, I thought that they were autonomous!! longship Sep 2016 #48

A lot more now Egnever Sep 2016 #38

A good start. longship Sep 2016 #47