[Promotion-technology] off-topic: blind driving

[William ODonnell]

agreed


--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Hoffman, Allen <Allen.Hoffman at dhs.gov> wrote:

> From: Hoffman, Allen <Allen.Hoffman at dhs.gov>
> Subject: [Promotion-technology] off-topic: blind driving
> To: promotion-technology at nfbnet.org
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 1:13 PM
> I applaud the folks working on the
> blind driving challenge, however,
> where is the autonomous driving challenge support from
> NFB?  On
> technical and social feasibility levels autonomously
> navigated vehicles
> are a much shorter path to operation than vehicles directed
> solely by a
> blind operator.  Even, and this is a big even, if a
> blind person can
> safely operate a vehicle in a real driving situation,
> social acceptance
> of such is such a high barrier as to make this truly a pipe
> dream.
> Autonomous navigation is not far off, what with GPS and
> other
> technologies-and to be frank, people have a lot less issue
> with a robot
> driver than a blind one.  I'd be happy with my car
> taking me where I
> tell it to, and leaving the blind driving for the
> hobbyists.  Use of
> technologies extracted from such research may be
> interesting, but
> greater publicity and organizational support for
> self-driving cars would
> make a heck of a lot more sense to me.
>  
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