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Driverless Cars....Why!!!
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So you can drink & drive?
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
So you can drink & drive?
Me?
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Cos we're already gridlocked and need even more vehicles on our roads
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
So you can drink & drive?
Bit silly if you do that. You need to be able to intervene and take over control at times.
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
So you can drink & drive?
Drink and be driven. Soz mate. See what you mean. Taxi can do that and I haven't got to pay his tax or insurance or mot in full or plug it in or have a stupid camera poking out the top. I can tell him to turn up the radio or haggle with him about the best route or ask him questions about all sort of sh#t or pretend I'm asleep so I dont feel like answeing any of his.
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
Bit silly if you do that. You need to be able to intervene and take over control at times.
I thought they already had non-intervention driverless cars, or is that the next phase?
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
So you can drink & drive?
You will still be drunk in charge of a vehicle if it crashes and you are over the limit.
A complete and utter waste of time , ditto electric cars until they have the range
to take me to Cardiff and back (150 miles).
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
I thought they already had non-intervention driverless cars, or is that the next phase?
Probably talking bollocks, but I thought that was a legal requirement? I'd personally not want to be in a vehicle that you can't intervene on - seeing a head on collision imminent, I really wouldn't want to risk it.
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Originally Posted by
BlueWales
You will still be drunk in charge of a vehicle if it crashes and you are over the limit.
A complete and utter waste of time , ditto electric cars until they have the range
to take me to Cardiff and back (150 miles).
Tesla Model S, from memory, can do 300 miles.
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
Tesla Model S, from memory, can do 300 miles.
Who the ferk are Tesla ?
Who would spend shed loads of money on new untested technology ?
Untested in the real world I mean not on closed roads and labs.
I won't be buying one in the remnants of my lifetime that's for sure.
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I suppose it will happen. Used to be a guy with a red flag walking in front of a motor. Tessla new truck can do 5000 miles but the battery pack costs more than 5 diesel trucks don't it? Riderless bikes will be next.
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
Probably talking bollocks, but I thought that was a legal requirement? I'd personally not want to be in a vehicle that you can't intervene on - seeing a head on collision imminent, I really wouldn't want to risk it.
I guess you dont travel by bus or train?
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Originally Posted by
Jimmy the Jock
I guess you dont travel by bus or train?
God no, too many plebs...
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
Tesla Model S, from memory, can do 300 miles.
This one can do 621 miles and 0-60 in 1.9 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogbo0Vg5huM
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
Tesla Model S, from memory, can do 300 miles.
They are reporting 350 miles on full charge in "ideal driving" conditions.
That means driving very slowly without harsh acceleration or braking.
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
God no, too many plebs...
First class on the train isnt too bad.
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Originally Posted by
BlueWales
Who the ferk are Tesla ?
Not sure if this is serious ? ? ?
have a quick google :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by
Jimmy the Jock
They are reporting 350 miles on full charge in "ideal driving" conditions.
That means driving very slowly without harsh acceleration or braking.
Well, driving smoothly is the key to energy consumption; electric, diesel, petrol...
Nowhere near an expert of cars but do these electric cars have anything like the KERS systems in F1? Self-recharging would make them more acceptable to most people I'd have thought.
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Originally Posted by
blue matt
Not sure if this is serious ? ? ?
have a quick google :thumbup:
Totally serious but I am an old git.
As I said above I don't think I'll be buying one in my remaining lifetime.
How much do they cost ? More than a Ford Focus I'll wager.
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Proximity warning. There is a driverless Iceland truck about to cut you up with some minceless pies.
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The only benefits I can see are commercial - deliveries and freight saving on the cost of drivers.
I can see the fraudsters rubbing their hands already.
I assume that these cars will be fully laden with cameras at every angle in case of accidents for insurance claims and the like...
Big Brother evolution? :sherlock:
You rarely see a Bobby on the streets these days, perhaps traffic police will be phased out too.
Imagine the scenario, an accident occurs and driverless police car and ambulance turn up!
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I like to think I'm not a luddite. But who really benefits. The extra recreational time served up to pro drivers can be filled with job applications. Plus I like driving most of the time. Getting out of Asdas can be a pain which is why I park by The Cornwall. They should just fast forward to star trek or stop altogether. What's going to be the difficult third album as it were after the driverless car?
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joecity
I like to think I'm not a luddite. But who really benefits. The extra recreational time served up to pro drivers can be filled with job applications. Plus I like driving most of the time. Getting out of Asdas can be a pain which is why I park by The Cornwall. They should just fast forward to star trek or stop altogether. What's going to be the difficult third album as it were after the driverless car?
The passengerless car?
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Originally Posted by
joecity
I like to think I'm not a luddite. But who really benefits. The extra recreational time served up to pro drivers can be filled with job applications. Plus I like driving most of the time. Getting out of Asdas can be a pain which is why I park by The Cornwall. They should just fast forward to star trek or stop altogether. What's going to be the difficult third album as it were after the driverless car?
So... who exactly is stopping you driving?
EDIT: As for who benefits, well you don't get deliveries held up as driverless car decided to stop for a fag, a swift half pint oh and a Big Mac due to feeling a bit peckish along with stopping in at Argos for that thing their partner wanted them to get.
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Originally Posted by
joecity
Why?
Because, in the future you will not be allowed to own a car as an individual, cars will be owned by apple, google, etc. etc. and when you want to use a car, you will call one via an app on your phone, the state will know everything about your movements and their corporate partners will be trousering the dough for your privilege and of course, it's all tied in to the fake climate change doctrine.
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Originally Posted by
Nelsonca61
Because, in the future you will not be allowed to own a car as an individual, cars will be owned by apple, google, etc. etc. and when you want to use a car, you will call one via an app on your phone, the state will know everything about your movements and their corporate partners will be trousering the dough for your privilege and of course, it's all tied in to the fake climate change doctrine.
You don't own one now. You're just the Registered Keeper. :hide:
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
So... who exactly is stopping you driving?
EDIT: As for who benefits, well you don't get deliveries held up as driverless car decided to stop for a fag, a swift half pint oh and a Big Mac due to feeling a bit peckish along with stopping in at Argos for that thing their partner wanted them to get.
No one is stopping me for now.........
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Originally Posted by
Steve R
You don't own one now. You're just the Registered Keeper. :hide:
I've done my bit for the environment yenno, the dirty diesel has gone, didn't go the whole hogg however to battery, a registered petrol head now :biggrin:
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Driveless cars benefits :
Static speeds.
Smaller cars
Death of Chelsea tractors
Disable and blind people freedoms.
Less use of traditional fuels and association to the Middle East .
Non Benefits.
Job loss
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I bought a diesel because at the time we were told it was best for the environment.
When I win the lottery, buying a fully blinged up Tesla.
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Originally Posted by
Nelsonca61
I've done my bit for the environment yenno, the dirty diesel has gone, didn't go the whole hogg however to battery, a registered petrol head now :biggrin:
Shoudn't have gotten rid of the Focus (imo) :hehe:
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presumably you won`t be relying on a dirty diesel to get your petrol to the garage then.
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Are we heading to a society that does not own cars, think of Uber but without the driver
i dont buy into the same theory as Nelsonca61, but he is on the right track imho,
Johnny cab anyone ? ? ?
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Originally Posted by
ccfc_is_my_life
So... who exactly is stopping you driving?
EDIT: As for who benefits, well you don't get deliveries held up as driverless car decided to stop for a fag, a swift half pint oh and a Big Mac due to feeling a bit peckish along with stopping in at Argos for that thing their partner wanted them to get.
The trackers stop the Maccy d run. Cans n vaping solves the second part. As far as the missus goes well simply order it online same day delivery and drop it back to her in person. I avent got any emojis ere to put a smile on.
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Not to make it political but why arent the companies who make them sinking all the money in. Why are the government spending any money on this. Just saying move the thread if u want.
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Originally Posted by
BlueWales
You will still be drunk in charge of a vehicle if it crashes and you are over the limit.
A complete and utter waste of time , ditto electric cars until they have the range
to take me to Cardiff and back (150 miles).
Completely not a waste of time. Roads will be safer, there will be no need for everyone to own a car, and mass transit will become the norm as work moves to the cities. However, this will not become the norm for another 30 years or more in my opinion.
Electric cars will improve on ranges. The new Tesla has a 200kw battery that has a range of 650 miles. At 12p a kwh, that will cost about £24 to charge (650 miles for £24? My weekly commute would be about £11 a week instead of the current £30).
I think my current car has a good 5-6 years left in it, at that point I am fully expecting buying an electric car (the biggest issue for me at the moment is price rather than range).
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
Nice one - that's the one I was on about.
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Originally Posted by
BlueWales
Who the ferk are Tesla ?
Who would spend shed loads of money on new untested technology ?
Untested in the real world I mean not on closed roads and labs.
I won't be buying one in the remnants of my lifetime that's for sure.
If you don't know who Tesla are, then I am completely unsurprised that your view on electric cars is so blinkered.
The technology has been tested - earlier you were on about the range, and this is being addressed. How old are you, by the way? If you are older than 55, then I think it is possible that you will go through life without owning an electric car. If you are younger, then I think you will have little choice in the matter.