Autonomous car

So if you didn't know, these are becoming a thing;cars which can drive themselves. Google is already testing their own form of them I believe, but it's obviously in early testing at the moment. Do you think it'll ever catch on, or would you prefer keeping the driving to yourself?

 

All these new technology cars still have a negative side so I just hope we don't see any of it. I would much rather sticking to the old way.

 

What negative sides are you talking about? Obviously there's still a lot of testing to be done before it's put into mass production, but this could seriously cut down on the rate of car crashes deaths and related injuries.

 

I'm very curious about these, I saw that one video of the Google car driving the blind guy around the city so he can do his errands.
Thought that was pretty cool.

As long as there is a manual backup, so you can still drive the car yourself. I think these are great

 

I think they're cool but i doubt they're going to be produced anytime soon. I also think there will be conflict between the smart cars and the manually driven ones. What if someone with a regular car is coming crashing into you and you have no control of the car?

 

Seeing that most "cutting edge" and more affordable technology like smart watches have not yet become a hit, then I guess the more expensive technology like smart cars won't be mainstream anytime soon, like I'm guessing they might be popular around 5 years from now if all goes well and it becomes a hit among the masses.

 

Would yougo on the freeway knowing that the other way comes a driverless car fixed by Jhonny in his shed? ? The only use i can see for selfdriving cars is for blind people to go along , that's it . You may argue that sometimes you need a car that drives itself , Well you have it , It's called a TAXI .

 

I think it's very telling how Google's automated cars have only been in one accident and it was a person driving it at the time.
Computers are already advanced enough that we can trust them for getting us safely to where we need to go, as long as there's a big override button in case the car malfunctions and I can take over, I'd love to have one.

 

Ahhh but think of it like this. You have to be ready to take the wheel, because what if your Google car is just driving around, and WHOA THIS OTHER CAR IS OUT OF CONTROL!

The second car crashes into you, because the Google car is just driving on its route, and the human behind the second car is at fault. If everyone had an autonomous car, then you'd be able to play your game

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Ahh but, there's only a certain number of Google's cars out there, driving around. If we assume that one in every hundred cars will be in an accident, and Google only has 99 cars currently on the road, then it's not the same as regular cars, if you get me?

 

I'm not very confident about letting the car drive instead of me driving. I mean the technology isn't very advance yet, I think there's going to be glitches to this technology. Anyway, where's the fun in owning a car when we let a third party to drive it?

 

Can't help but saying I hate the idea of being driven by a machine. Cars are already in a very automatic version now a days and I sometimes think it's too much, can't think of something even more automatic. I like to drive, if I wanted to be driven, I'd call a taxi, not buy a car.