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

[Dewey Bradley]

Hey if you want to trust the GPS's, then go ahead
I know that technology gets better.

My job coatch has one of those things.
It had her going around and around the parking lot, when she listened to me, 
we were 5 blocks off.
Some times the things work good, but I've noticed is that they can't even 
get you to the correct hundred block, but I'm shore it will get better.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael townsend" <mrtownsend at optonline.net>
To: "'Discussion of new quiet cars and pedestrian safety'" 
<quietcars at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Looks like automated autos are coming,like it or 
not


> 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"
> <quietcars at nfbnet.org>
> 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-----
>> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> The Michael Hingson Group, INC.
>> "Speaking with Vision"
>> Michael Hingson, President
>> (415) 827-4084
>> info at michaelhingson.com
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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
>>
>> You are saying what, Michael?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>> This is great as long as they build in accessibility.
>>
>>
>> The Michael Hingson Group, INC.
>> "Speaking with Vision"
>> Michael Hingson, President
>> (415) 827-4084
>> info at michaelhingson.com
>> www.michaelhingson.com
>>
>>
>> for info on the new KNFB Reader Mobile, visit:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On
>> 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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