[Blindtlk] Driverless Cars

Tue Jan 3 22:34:46 UTC 2017

Afternoon, Ericka,

         Not a big fan of the tech work-around, either and, while the 
cost is certainly a significant presence, I much rather patronize 
individual providers as a means of keeping money spread out amongst 
us all and not a corporation or other flavor of behemoth. And, no 
credit card needed!
Car:08 PM 1/3/2017, Ericka via blindtlk wrote:
>I don't trust tech. Uber is cheaper than a taxi and more universal 
>than other mass transit.
>
>Ericka Short
>1750 Fordem Ave. #508
>Madison. WI. 53704
>608-665-3170
>
>  from my iPhone 6s
>
> > On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Carly Mihalakis via blindtlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Because blind people don't need to be driving! Hasn't yet been 
> done because such a  preposterous notion hasn't until now, occurred 
> to any blind people, I guess. At 12:03 PM 1/2/2017, Jen via blindtlk wrote:
> >> Hi Jude and Gary,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your thought-provoking posts. Someone on another list was
> >> discussing the need for the universal design of appliances, so let's why
> >> can't the universal design approach be used for driverless cars with the
> >> technology already out there? For instance, JAWS and other screen readers
> >> have been out for over a decade now, so why couldn't screen reader
> >> technology be input into driverless cars to guide the potential blind
> >> driver?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude
> >> DaShiell via blindtlk
> >> Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 4:05 AM
> >> To: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>; Blind Talk Mailing List
> >> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; Jen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Driverless Cars
> >>
> >> Actually, the only reason flying cars are not in use now is 
> because the FAA
> >> can't figure out how to control the air space from ground to 200 feet of
> >> altitude. Economical flying car design has already been patented and, if
> >> that happens, those will be manufactured out of one of our New England
> >> States, so no, none of this is beyond the realm of possibility. 
> Does any of
> >> it become available to blind people? Most certainly not, not in this
> >> lifetime at least. Accessible medical devices aren't the law of the land,
> >> let alone driverless cars for the blind, not to mention 
> accessible tv units.
> >> I'm not talking about cable, I'm talking about the tv units themselves.
> >> Maybe in two more of my lifetimes, we get accessible tv units, 
> and maybe in
> >> another three lifetimes after that, we get accessible medical 
> devices, but I
> >> wouldn't bet the farm on it.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017, Carly Mihalakis wrote:
> >>
> >> > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 03:09:41
> >> > From: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>
> >> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>,
> >> >     Jen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> >> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Driverless Cars
> >> >
> >> > Don't mean to be a nay-sayer but can you see this tech 
> actually happening?
> >> I
> >> > sure can't, or at least in not such a way for it's being 
> available to all
> >> > blind people.
> >> > CarAt 11:15 PM 1/1/2017, Jude DaShiell via blindtlk wrote:
> >> >> You don't drive in a driverless car.  The only things that get in them
> >> are
> >> >> passengers and luggage of various types.
> >> >> As I understand the technology it's going to be under-designed and that
> >> >> under-design will cost lives.  Not so much of passengers but rather
> >> >> pedestrians. These cars would need to get flight capabilities 
> so that if
> >> >> negotiation of a section of road were temporarily impossible they could
> >> >> lift off for distance sufficient to bypass the obstacles and 
> continue on
> >> >> their way.  Hovercraft technology could do this if it were part of
> >> standard
> >> >> design but that'll not be the case for the first vehicles put on the
> >> roads.
> >> >> A school bus and large truck having an accident in an intersection just
> >> >> ahead of a driverless car that happens too soon for the 
> driverless car to
> >>
> >> >> take an alternate route to bypass such an accident with children and
> >> >> whatever the truck looses all over the intersection would be one of the
> >> >> scenarios where flight capability would be more than a nice to have
> >> feature
> >> >> on a driverless car.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, 1 Jan 2017, Jen via blindtlk wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 16:22:07
> >> >>> From: Jen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> >> >>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> >> >>> Cc: Jen <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
> >> >>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Driverless Cars
> >> >>> Hi everyone,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Happy New Year!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> What is your opinion of driver-less cars? Personally, I can't wait for
> >> >>> their
> >> >>> arrival on the road! I'm totally blind from birth and would like the
> >> >>> chance
> >> >>> to drive, just to feel what it feels like. My best friend, who happens
> >> to
> >> >>> be
> >> >>> sighted, feels otherwise though.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> How about you?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
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