Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy

-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Sat, 11 Nov 2017, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm > wrote: > > > > I doubt we'll see widespread adoption of fully autonomous road vehicles > > in any of our lifetimes. > > I doubt the automobile will replace the horse. People want to feel in > charge, go where they want to go, and cars are so unreliable, breaking > down all the time. > > > Even if the tech problems were solved, which > > they are far from being despite the hype, I'm still unclear as to what > > problem it would solve. Road deaths? I suspect putting the money into > > driver education and enforcement would yield better returns. > > Despite pouring millions into education, insurance programs, safety > devices from seatbelts to airbags, deaths per million miles went UP > last year. In the US alone, 40 THOUSAND people died on the roads. The > fact is, people are lousy drivers, and imperfect automation is already > better, but the numbers. > > > About the only sensible application I can see is for disabled people. > > The only thing is, we're all disabled. > [excessive quoting removed by server]