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

Fri Oct 15 13:06:14 UTC 2010

Airplanes can be and mostly are flown by instruments, and there are few
accidents.  When they are, they are horrific.  Computers have been used in
planes for years to brake, and control other functions on planes.  

Automobiles have upwards in some cars of fifty computers controlling
everything from braking to throttle position to tire monitoring to accident
avoidance, so, yes, it's coming.  

If a GPS can get you within fifteen feet of your destination when mapping
out a route, fine business.  My guide dog can find the door after
patterning, and they've done that when they haven't seen a building for a
year at a time; example, the tax dude.  So, it's all relative, Dewey.  

-----Original Message-----
From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dewey Bradley
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:58 AM
To: Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety
Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like it or
not

So very true.
I tryed one of those trekkers in Kansas City, one of the most easist cities
to map out, it told me I was walking South, when I was going North, it told
me I was at 11th street, when I was at 45th street.
So if they can't make the cars work better then that, then we are going to
have  probblems.
The sad thing is the airlines are trying the GPS to guide the flights.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety" 
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Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming,like it or
not

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-----
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> Behalf Of Dewey Bradley
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming, like 
> it or not
>
> 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'"
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> 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-----
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> 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-----
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> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:49 PM
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> 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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> 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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