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In reply to the discussion: X-Post Bicycling "Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety's Sake" [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)21. There are some serious privacy issues that are going to be in play
Every car and every bike will need this computer and transponder.
The protocol will have to be standard and every vehicle will need a unique ID for it to work.
That means it will be simple for anyone to intercept the data with a small receiver by the road.
Wait until corporations put receivers along every road and have a complete data set on who drives every road every day. Or where you were on any specific day. All for sale...
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X-Post Bicycling "Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety's Sake" [View all]
TexasProgresive
Jul 2017
OP
If self-driving cars were possible 10 years ago, my grandmother could have stayed in her home.
politicat
Jul 2017
#12
Unless you plan on dying in the next 5 years you will see self driving cars on the roads.....
USALiberal
Jul 2017
#22
Bike helmets composed of aluminum foil are highly visible to the AI killbot's sensors (photo)
populistdriven
Jul 2017
#4
And once the cyclists have one, pedestrians will need one. Then strollers, then wagons, then...
Shandris
Jul 2017
#7
All of this will be worked out. You cannot stop progress. Ask the horse and buggy people. n/t
USALiberal
Jul 2017
#24
Looks like the real fun of driving is being removed. I would rather have a car that
NCjack
Jul 2017
#28
And pedestrians will need to have chips implanted so cars don't run them down. No thanks. n/t
Binkie The Clown
Jul 2017
#30
They tried putting warning whistles on vehicles to scare the deer out of the way
csziggy
Jul 2017
#35