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Codeine

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33. All of those things are existing road hazards
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:28 PM
Sep 2016

and humans have all sorts of issues dealing with them. I don't imagine autonomous vehicles, once perfected, are likely to deal with them any worse than the Mark I Meatbag.

Of course there should, and are, and will be standards; nobody outside of your imaginary strawposters is saying otherwise.

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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
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