[Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like it or not

[Jewel S.]

Umm...I don't trust GPS. The last time I and a friend used GPS, it
sent us three blocks away from our destination and told us we had
arrived. No, thank you, I'll walk.

On 10/14/10, Michael Hingson <mhingson at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Of course it is all about acceptance.  We do have to start somewhere.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dewey Bradley
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:56 PM
> To: Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety
> Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like it or
> not
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> Even if we can make this work, We are going to have a really hard time
> getting the public to except this , but most of the drivers on the road now
> are not looking, so this might make all the roads safer.
> But I just wonder how if all this would work out in the country on the dirt
> roads, and back in the woods.
> I don't guess it will.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hingson" <info at michaelhingson.com>
> To: "'Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety'"
> <quietcars at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming,like it or
> not
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> If the manufacturers do not provide a mechanism which gives blind persons
> full access for using the car including not only issuing instructions but
> for being able to help deal with emergencies then the system is not
> accessible.
>
> It is great that the car can "drive itself".  However, will I have a way to
> issue instructions easily?  Will I be able to hear what the car sees around
> it if I wish?  Will I have a way to make informed decisions if something
> unexpected happens?
>
> If the answers to these questions are now then the car is not accessible and
> I suspect someone will demand that blind people not be able to use these
> cars without a sighted person in the cabin.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of michael townsend
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:36 PM
> To: 'Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety'
> Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like it or
> not
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> You are saying what, Michael?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Hingson
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:49 PM
> To: 'Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety'
> Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like it or
> not
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> This is great as long as they build in accessibility.
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> Behalf Of michael townsend
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:15 PM
> To: quietcars at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like it or not
>
> >From Fox News:
>
> Need a Lift? Phone Your Car and It'll Pick You Up
>
> German scientists have unveiled the latest in self-driving car technology --
> an autonomous vehicle named "MadeInGermany" (MIG), which passengers can even
> call for a lift.
>
> Computer scientist Raul Rojas and his team at Berlin's Free University (FU)
> have developed the experimental car which they hope will revolutionize the
> future of driving.
>
> Passengers can phone their MIG using an iPad or smartphone and the Global
> Positioning System integrated into these devices reveals the caller's
> location to the car, which then works out the best route and tells the
> passenger how long it will take it to get there.
>
> The car's designers say their invention will support environmentally
> friendly developments by making car-sharing more practical -- if several
> people are traveling in the same direction, one unmanned taxi can pick them
> all up.
>
> Optimal use of the technology could see the number of cars in Berlin reduced
> to one-fifth of their current number, they say.
>
> "With an ordinary mobile multimedia device (iPad) the driver can access all
> the on-board electronics," a spokesman said. "This opens up entirely new
> possibilities for operating the vehicle, far beyond the previous ideas of
> remote control."
>
> Drivers who suddenly decide they want to steer the vehicle via an iPad can
> turn the automatic technology off and take control themselves.
>
> The MIG uses sensor technology to create a three-dimensional image of the
> street on the car's computer so that the car is able to detect bikes,
> pedestrians, road markings and signs.
>
> The technology enables it to respond to traffic lights independently, to
> give way in accordance with the highway code and to stop in case of
> unexpected events.
>
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