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i have a new understanding of the mcdonalds coffee case now
shardian:
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--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 24, 2007, 01:12:11 pm ---Heh, well there was no reason for him to lie after I already filling out the paperwork to buy the car. My guess is it was just a story floating around the car dealships at the time which they believed to be true.
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Heh exactly. It's an urban legend so pervasive, that even car dealers fell for it!
Thank goodness it's fabricated though. I was just thinking how cool it would be to have an RV that did that though -- LOL
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There is technology out there right now in the middle stages of development that allows a car to drive itself. I've seen specials on tv about it, and read various articles in popsci dealing with it.
ChadTower:
That has been developing for 50 years. Won't happen.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 24, 2007, 03:32:58 pm ---
That has been developing for 50 years. Won't happen.
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Yes, but now it works. Just not near ready enough for end-user use.
EDIT: apparently Opel already has a car ready for market that can operate itself up to 60mph.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=107011
Several cars already have intelligent cruise control that senses objects in your path, or adjusts for following distances, and monitors road lines.
Plain and simple, your blanket statement is outdated and wrong.
ChadTower:
I still say it won't happen. They can make it perfect. People won't trust it. I wouldn't.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 24, 2007, 03:51:40 pm ---I still say it won't happen. They can make it perfect. People won't trust it. I wouldn't.
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I sincerely hope it won't happen. Think about it. In the U.S. too many people don't want to take responsibility for their own actions. What's going to happen when this gets introduced to the masses.
"But judge! It wasn't me that ran over my ex-wife! It was the car!"
Edit: Snagged the wrong quote
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