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Offline zack1234

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Driverless cars
« on: December 18, 2014, 02:24:10 AM »
Get a bus or a Taxi :rofl

What is the point of a driverless car :)

Driverless trucks thats a good idea :old:

One day no one will have jobs except head doctors and tattoo artists :)
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2014, 03:18:47 AM »
dON'T LIE YOU KNOW DERNED WELL THAT IF YOU COULD EAT A PIE WHILE THE CAR DRIVES ITSELF YOU WOULD...zOMG Caps!
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Offline DaCoon

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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2014, 10:32:52 AM »
funny thing about driverless cars.......Google is currently testing one.  I read an article in a newspaper that said the car was doing fine until it came upon an old lady with a stick in a wheel chair chasing a goose.  The article said the car identified the old lady, the wheel chair, and the goose.  It couldn't however determine what the lady was trying to do the goose and came to a complete stop and shut down.  Google was quoted as saying that the A.I. was still learning.

as for driverless trucks....................... well I'm a truck driver so........................... ................








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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2014, 10:45:22 AM »
There has been multiple driverless cars in regular traffic for over a year already. No recorded accidents so far. I think most of them are driving in California.

Mercedes Benz is also developing autonomous drive for the new S class and they also have a truck on the test track that is totally driverless.
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2014, 10:50:26 AM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on December 18, 2014, 10:45:22 AM
There has been multiple driverless cars in regular traffic for over a year already. No recorded accidents so far. I think most of them are driving in California.

Mercedes Benz is also developing autonomous drive for the new S class and they also have a truck on the test track that is totally driverless.

yep.  Benz's picture in The Trucker newspaper shows a guy just hanging out in the cab while truck is in motion.


but................-1 all the same.   :salute
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2014, 10:53:27 AM »
Quote from: DaCoon on December 18, 2014, 10:50:26 AM
yep.  Benz's picture in The Trucker newspaper shows a guy just hanging out in the cab while truck is in motion.


but................-1 all the same.   :salute

Sometimes when I have to jump to the car at 4am I would really love to let the car drive and continue sleeping :)
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2014, 01:17:02 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on December 18, 2014, 10:53:27 AM
Sometimes when I have to jump to the car at 4am I would really love to let the car drive and continue sleeping :)
That's a matter of choosing your career  :t

On the other hand, I'd like to enjoy the last night party at our cons a little longer if it weren't for driving 500 km the next day to be home for supper.
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2014, 01:17:26 PM »
Quote from: DaCoon on December 18, 2014, 10:32:52 AM
funny thing about driverless cars.......Google is currently testing one.  I read an article in a newspaper that said the car was doing fine until it came upon an old lady with a stick in a wheel chair chasing a goose.  The article said the car identified the old lady, the wheel chair, and the goose.  It couldn't however determine what the lady was trying to do the goose and came to a complete stop and shut down.  Google was quoted as saying that the A.I. was still learning.

as for driverless trucks....................... well I'm a truck driver so........................... ................








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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2014, 01:38:07 PM »
After inventing driverless trucks they'd probably also dump the load manager. Who cares if some Far Side granny has to unload her new chest freeze all by herself?
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2014, 01:51:38 PM »
Quote from: zack1234 on December 18, 2014, 02:24:10 AM
What is the point of a driverless car :)
Same point as alcohol-free beer, except on wheels.
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2014, 01:59:59 PM »
Quote from: bozon on December 18, 2014, 01:51:38 PM
Same point as alcohol-free beer, except on wheels.

Quite the contrary. With auto driving you no longer need a designated driver.
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Offline DaCoon

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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2014, 11:26:03 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on December 18, 2014, 01:59:59 PM
Quite the contrary. With auto driving you no longer need a designated driver.
and truckers won't have to worry about that whole 4 hours before going on duty....................... :devil
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2014, 12:11:06 AM »
Darn 4 hour rule lol right up there with the mandatory half hour lunch break lol  without Truckers the world would stop, everything you use, eat or wear was brought by Truck.  excuse me while I go put some more chicken lights on my truck... :cheers:
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2014, 12:32:30 AM »
None for me thanks! I think it will turn out to be a bad investment after the first person that posts disparaging words on FB gets his car hacked by a foreign entity and is driven into a bad situation.
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Re: Driverless cars
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2014, 01:35:31 AM »
Quote from: 68ZooM on December 20, 2014, 12:11:06 AM
Darn 4 hour rule lol right up there with the mandatory half hour lunch break lol  without Truckers the world would stop, everything you use, eat or wear was brought by Truck.  excuse me while I go put some more chicken lights on my truck... :cheers:

don't remember how I ever lived life before the half hour and 14 hour rules..... :rofl

and  just a lil personal bout meh........believe it when I say it that; a) it wasn't brought on my truck   and   b) ya can't live life without what I do bring   

long miles and short traffic jams to ya brah   :cheers:   :salute
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