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longship

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28. There are no fully autonomous vehicles!

Reply to FrodosNewPet (Original post)

Sat Oct 7, 2017, 11:50 PM

Oct 2017

And there aren't going to be any for some time. I know that they are like a Matrix wet dream for some folks but the facts are plain, the USA infrastructure is not fit for fully autonomous vehicles. This is especially where there are winter storms, and/or mountain passes. That's why all the places where these Matrix wet dream death traps are tested have neither winter storms or mountain passes.

I'll never see them in my neighborhood because, although we don't have mountain passes, we do have winter storms plus very few of the roads here are actually paved. So you can keep your so-called autonomous vehicles in the flat desert areas and other places that I don't drive.

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Should drunk drivers be charged with DUI in fully autonomous cars? [View all] FrodosNewPet Oct 2017 OP

If you carry any responsibility Lithos Oct 2017 #1

BUT, if the car is completely autonomous... Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #4

I'm not either BannonsLiver Oct 2017 #11

I don't ever want one that a human can't override. Ms. Toad Oct 2017 #13

No. AngryAmish Oct 2017 #2

If an autonomous car crashes sarisataka Oct 2017 #3

It's Barack Obama's fault, of course. Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #6

Ah, the First Law of Trumpbotics n/t NotASurfer Oct 2017 #21

Yes. No vehicle will ever be fully autonomous without monitoring. NutmegYankee Oct 2017 #5

"ever"??? You do not realize how technology works. nt USALiberal Oct 2017 #29

Automated cars are going to be a new frontier in tort and criminal law. Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #7

Technology is always ahead of the law. If theres anyway that the driver could alter the path NightWatcher Oct 2017 #8

Only if people reading, texting, etc. also get charged with criminal conduct as well. Coventina Oct 2017 #9

Being Drunk or Hiigh is WAY different than unsafe distracted behaviors. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #15

Nope. According to the data, texting is worse than being drunk. Coventina Oct 2017 #17

You're missing what I'm saying... JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #18

If ANYONE in the driver's seat is incapacitated in ANY way, they should be Coventina Oct 2017 #20

What was the law in the 19th century about riding horses drunk? DBoon Oct 2017 #10

Nowadays you can be charged with DUI or equivalent Mariana Oct 2017 #12

I think we now generalize auto based DUI laws to other forms of transportation DBoon Oct 2017 #22

I would guess not. Mariana Oct 2017 #24

Yes. Many options exist to help drunkards... Uber, Lyft, Taxis, and friends. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #14

they say its like taking a cab so it should be like taking a cab dembotoz Oct 2017 #16

I agree. Mariana Oct 2017 #25

Drunk drivers should always be charged with a DUI. Iggo Oct 2017 #19

The fault would lie with the maker of the SD car gyroscope Oct 2017 #23

yes because the "driver" has the ability to overrule the computer and he/she should be sober enough karynnj Oct 2017 #26

NO. democratisphere Oct 2017 #27

There are no fully autonomous vehicles! longship Oct 2017 #28

Are there any rules about people who are drunk out of their Doreen Oct 2017 #30

Only if the automation could be disabled by the "driver". no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #31