[blindlaw] Google's driverless car

Bryan Schulz b.schulz at sbcglobal.net
Wed Apr 10 02:17:14 UTC 2013


hi,

thank you for stating my opinion from a few years ago.
maybe someone in my state will put more stock in your truths when coming 
from someone other than me.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel McBride" <dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 8:59 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Google's driverless car


>A couple of things about the driverless car.  First, as is always the case
> with scientific and technological advancements, the motivation is profit 
> and
> its initial applications are for use by the military industrial complex.
>
>
>
> Google's driverless car originated through DARPA, the Defense Advanced
> Research Project Agency in 2005.  It doesn't take much to realize that the
> initial use for this technology will not be for average citizens.  Rather,
> it will be used for robotic tanks, armored vehicles and other military
> vehicles.  In essence, it will be used to develop drones that drive 
> through
> the streets rather than flying overhead.
>
>
>
> Second is the cost if, and when, it becomes available to the citizen
> consumer.  At a scientific seminar this past January, one of the Google 
> car
> engineers spoke of "releasing the technology" to auto manufacturers within
> the next five years.  Currently, however, the modifications to make a car
> driverless are at a cost of $150,000 per unit.  This would make the cost 
> of
> such car close to $200,000.
>
>
>
> So, the initial cost of these cars will be prohibitive for the average
> consumer.
>
>
>
> I have no doubt the day is coming that driverless cars will be as common 
> as
> hybrids are today.  However, at 57 years old, I do not foresee it in my
> lifetime.  On the other hand, I do anticipate robotic, driverless military
> vehicles to be with us in the near future, as that is the foremost reason
> for development of the technology.
>
>
>
> I for one, do not have a budget that will allow $200,000 for a car.
>
>
>
> Dan McBride
>
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