RE: Google Robot Cars - Automation Gone Too Far?

[Nigel Giddings <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,



I was watching a re-run of one of the James May programs last night where
h=
e
looked at various forms of transport including a =91personal helicopter=92
=
and
the =91Jet Pack=92=85 He also commented that the car, if invented today,
wo=
uld not
be allowed on our roads because of the Health & Safety concerns. This
could
be justified just by the number of deaths associated with it=85



It is only luck that we get to drive our inefficient, over (sometimes
under=
)
engineered transport devices on the roads today. I can see the
opportunitie=
s
for me to drive my toys dwindling in the future as the public roads become
reserved for transport systems that are more efficient and therefore less
=91fun=92.



There is a primitive urge, which some hide less well than others, to have a
means of transport that out performs our rivals=85



I=92m with you, I want to be able to, occasionally, drive my 2 door, 13
MPG=
,
350+ HP, car that has no ABS, heck it doesn=92t even have disc breaks,
even=
if
it is as efficient as burning =A35 notes to keep warm=85 Does that make me
=
sound
like a =91Jeremy=92 sympathiser?



Nigel



*From:* ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] *On Behalf O=
f
*Mark McCall
*Sent:* 11 October 2010 11:43
*To:* Ukha_D@xxxxxxx
*Subject:* [ukha_d] Google Robot Cars - Automation Gone Too Far?





Our other passion here at Automated Home is cars so you might think we'd be
into this whole automated driving Google Robot vehicle thing. We're not.
Now, call us Jeremy Clarkson sympathisers if you like, but this just looks
like the beginning of the end for anyone that enjoys their driving. We're
losing the musical multi-cylinder engines for smaller, more ordinary forced
induction units these days, and don't even get us started on the milk-float
sound track from the Tesla. Don't get us wrong, we love technology in cars,
just not the kind that takes away our driving pleasure. Heck it's not much
of a leap from these robot cars to Skynet! Read on for all the scary
details and a video of one of these monster on the road...

http://bit.ly/b0FNgw

M.

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