[Quietcars] Auto Pilot coming to cars soon?

[Mary Ellen]

It's obvious from that article that we're a long way from having reliable
auto mobiles, those which can go from place to place without any
intervention beyond the initial programming. Although computers do what they
do exceedingly well, they're totally lacking in judgment; they can't tell a
false alarm from the real thing and continue blithely along making errors
until their program corrects itself or is corrected.
In theory, if a computer could reliably prevent a car from touching any
other object, either pedestrian, automotive, or stationary, we would all be
better off. Until that fine day comes, I'm with you. Quiet cars aren't the
only travel hazards we need to consider.


-----Original Message-----
From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of michael townsend
Sent: November 8, 2009 5:27 AM
To: quietcars at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Quietcars] Auto Pilot coming to cars soon?
Sensitivity: Personal


You walk about now worrying about hybrids not making enough noise?  How
about a plan to allow cars to go on auto pilot?  Planes do.  Rec3ently we've
heard about two Northwest pilots who were out of touch with their control
towers for 78 minutes.  They finally got their headsets back on, turned the
ship around and headed back to Minneapolis.  They lost their licenses for
their misdeeds.  How about the following there articles and their
consequences?  Should we blind, disabled, hearing impaired, elderly,
everyone who walks around or drives, petition the carmakers to cease
thinking about the following:

Mike T in NJ
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2007/11/car-autopilot-t.html
http://www.motherproof.com/advice-safety/story/auto-pilot-mode-in-cars-could
-help-families-stay-safe/
http://jalopnik.com/122509/gm-to-launch-auto-pilot-of-sorts-on-2008-opel-vec
tra



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