[nabs-l] video of a blind man driving the google car

blackbyrdfly at gmail.com blackbyrdfly at gmail.com
Mon Apr 15 02:09:16 UTC 2013


No, the original video posted by Robert is the Google car. My brother watched it and observed that the "driver" never touches the steering wheel and he confirmed, as the description mentions, that the car is well branded with the Google logo. The video of the NFB car is not the same video. 

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On Apr 14, 2013, at 6:37 PM, "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> Good evening again everyone,
> 
>    Just a correction to this message. The car shown in the video is a Ford 
> Escape that was fitted with the system that allows it to be driven by a 
> blind person. It is not the Google Car. A described version can be found in 
> the NFB's Audio-Video Center and on: http://www.blinddriverchallenge.org
> 
>    We showed it to some friends of ours last Wednesday evening. I'm sure 
> they've told others by now of our desire to own one of these vehicles and 
> together will help us raise the needed funds. We're gonna figure it out!
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert William Kingett" <kingettr at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 6:38 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] video of a blind man driving the google car
> 
> 
> look at this video.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peDy2st2XpQ
> 
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