[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')That's the average man in the street for you.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')That's the average man in the street for you.

[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'B')ut either way he makes endless derogatory references to the nation and it's people.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'B')ut either way he makes endless derogatory references to the nation and it's people.

[theluckycountry]

Thread is a bit so so here's a great article from 2016

10 million self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020

Self-driving cars are no longer a futuristic idea. Companies like Mercedes, BMW, and Tesla have already released, or are soon to release, self-driving features that give the car some ability to drive itself... The biggest benefits of self-driving cars are that they will help to make roads safer and people's lives easier. In the UK, KPMG estimates that self-driving cars will lead to 2,500 fewer deaths between 2014 and 2030.

But the barriers to self-driving cars remain significant. Costs need to come down and regulations need to be clarified around certain self-driving car features before the vehicles fully take off among mainstream consumers. (Shhhhh!) (Don't be so negative)

https://www.businessinsider.com/report- ... 5-5-6?op=1

[theluckycountry]

2016

Google self-driving car: everything you need to know
By Tuan Huynh
published May 18, 2016

The future of transportation makes the AI "the driver"

https://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech ... ow-1321548

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '
')So far he has shown a better understanding of the situation than most. He's smart enough to avoid predictions of his own like the plague. Maybe cowardness?

[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '
')I have far more flaws that your perception on my political outlook as a registered independent. Just ask the misses. And happy party goers don't tend to get shot in the head by security while breaking and entering, they drink booze, smoke dope, sit around and sing songs and whatnot. They don't bring a gallows with them while waving the battle flag of the Confederacy when sacking a particularly important building on a particularly important day. And they don't get convicted of having done these things by the hundreds, as it isn't illegal to be a happy party goer.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '
')I have far more flaws that your perception on my political outlook as a registered independent. Just ask the misses. And happy party goers don't tend to get shot in the head by security while breaking and entering, they drink booze, smoke dope, sit around and sing songs and whatnot. They don't bring a gallows with them while waving the battle flag of the Confederacy when sacking a particularly important building on a particularly important day. And they don't get convicted of having done these things by the hundreds, as it isn't illegal to be a happy party goer.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'M')aybe we're further down into banana republic nation than I thought?

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'M')aybe we're further down into banana republic nation than I thought?

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')It's not easy I imagine, to be a citizen of an nation losing it's empire status. One that was once Alpha and is now falling back into the pack.

[theluckycountry]

You missed the point of my post plant, it wasn't about tourism, or about how friendly the people of Asian nations are to anyone when you are handing them money for their goods and services lol. No the point was the ineffectiveness of the empire to maintain it's authority over global affairs. The pictures above were illustrative only, to show the difference a few decades can make between being All Powerful and having to run away run away.

If you feel proud about your nation it doesn't surprise me, the propaganda there about how great it is has never been matched except in the USSR under Stalin. Even the homeless camps fly the stars and stripes, people living in abject poverty wanting to tell the whole world that they are living the American Dream. You know why they call it a dream don't you? It's because you'd have to be asleep to believe it.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '
')You fanboys present no evidence that a driverless car will ever navigate a city street, on a dark night, in the rain. Or even in daylight during a sudden thunderstorm. You guys/gals live in an echo chamber with Siri, Hal and a talking Cabbage Patch Doll. Not me lol

[theluckycountry]

The voice of the people

Mob burns autonomous Jaguar robo-taxi to the ground https://www.drive.com.au/news/mob-burns ... m=Referral
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')A witness told news outlet Reuters the crowd was celebrating Chinese New Year with fireworks when a person jumped onto the bonnet of the
Jaguar before a second person did the same moments later to an applauding crowd.

“That was when it went wild,”
...Hostility to autonomous vehicles is not uncommon, with multiple events occurring in Arizona where Waymo’s vehicles have been repeatedly attacked.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'I')'d always thought that if you could just get cars to drive themselves, you could save alot of energy, make transportation more productive and eliminate alot of personal car-ownership. You could have a fleet of ever-cruising self-driving taxis ready to pick up passengers and rided them wherever they need to go. No parking problems, no parking lots.

[careinke]

As the only person on this site who actually owns a self driving car, I can tell you ROW-B is doing just fine. So far we have logged 2,241 miles on her for a total operating cost of $90.00. Her software has been upgraded twice, while I was sleeping.

I kept my Toyota Corolla as a back up car, but have not used her since I bought ROW-B a little over a month ago. Actually, I'm thinking of selling the Toy, and buying a second Tesla. I certainly do not miss gas lines and routine maintenance costs of the Toy.

Soon ALL cars will be self driving, and the world will be much safer.

Peace

[theluckycountry]

It would be good if incompetent women all had self-driving cars, truly self-driving. But of course the ones they market now are just Beta test cars where you have to have your eyes glued to the road and your foot hovering over the brake pedal every moment, just in case it wants to auger off into a parked car or concrete wall. Silly people borrowing money they don't have to buy stuff they don't need to impress people they don't like

[theluckycountry]

Tesla hit with $243 million in damages after jury finds its Autopilot feature contributed to fatal crash
NBC News
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ug 1, 2025 — The Tesla failed to stop at the intersection and slammed into a parked SUV, killing 20-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon as she was standing next to the SUV...

The jury awarded the plaintiffs $43 million in compensatory damages for pain and suffering plus $200 million in punitive damages, which are intended to deter future harmful behavior by Tesla. The verdict is a blow for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk as they try to convince the public, government regulators and investors that their self-driving software is safe.

[theluckycountry]

But it gets worse!

Security Expert Reveals Hacker Could Remote Control Cars Through Major Automaker's 'Dealership Portal'
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')aton Zveare, a security researcher at software delivery company Harness, made the alarming disclosure to TechCrunch, explaining how the devastating flaw could have enabled cybercriminals to access victims' personal and financial data, track their vehicles in real-time, and even seize complete control of vehicles from any location globally.