Phil McCaig posted:And now....Airbus has announced pilotless airplanes. Not in our skies, I would hope. Black Mesa/Lake Powell rail line is an interesting case, imo. If the line doesn't cross roads or enter areas posing a threat to people and property, they probably couldn't be stopped from utilizing autonomous operation. I am not for it. But if you owned a 100 square mile ranch in Texas and had a private road and were driving a car on your own road.....who could stop you from driving 150 miles an hour on your own property? I see this the same way.
Why would you be against something on private land that poses no hazard being automated? That's the only kinda place that it COULD make me feel safe.
I've been on automatated monorails stuck in the cars for hours twice already....at the stations!
I never liked the idea of throttle by wire on cars. Electric steering and brakes seems downright stupid to me. Lots of Tesla drivers already bypassing safteys and sleeping while traveling (it is NOT a fully autonomous vehicle yet). I'm also a very competent driver in an emergency. Offroad only a few people have traveled with me over a mile or two. I possibly could have been a pro driver,high speed drifting (fishtailing) was something I taught myself late at night in secluded areas in my "exuberant youth". I've only been T-boned in parking lots while I was moving to slow to maneuver. I.e. I feel safer when I drive, and folks who know me always asked me to drive. (it's actually all past tense, I might drive a few miles once or twice a year at best now; injury)
But D500 pointing out all the OTHER people on the road today has made me reconsider quite quickly. I do trust tech more than I trust the average person today. If it means taking the controls from Jenny-Cell-Phone and Johnny-Text too, I'm open for talks. But if they have control, I want my wits more than tech.. At least then it's my shortcommings and I can't blame anyone but myself for attempts to avoidvoid getting hit and ending up in a ditch, especially the kind you cover up once I'm there. (best I could do against google gpellwreck.).........spellwreck😣
