[Nfb-cars] Gaining experience with driving

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

there's a huge difference between a military vehicle going on patrol 
compared to bumper to bumper traffic.
ok, i would love to see a computer guess at the last nano second that a 
human changed their mind and see if the computer controlled car could avoid 
the accident.
there's fighting for equality/opportunity then there's a lack of commin 
sense.
i would love to know how many people drove before being bllind and if they 
would be in favor of being a passenger dependant on computer chips against 
human controlled cars and i would not be one of them.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
To: "Classics,antiques and rods division mailing list" <nfb-cars at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-cars] Gaining experience with driving


>
> Dear Brian,
>
> I beg to differ.  The day is close at hand , and proto-types already 
> exist, of vehicles that can drive themselves.  The U.S.Military already 
> has a mandate to make 33% of all of its vehicles autonomist by the year 
> 2015.
> They have been in the testing phase for over 10 years.
> It will not be far away that cars will be fully able to drive themselves, 
> independent of human interaction.  When this comes, the Blind will be able 
> to "drive" their own cars.
> The most dangerous thing in a car are the human beings that drive them. 
> Computers follow rules and people don't.  People get tired, careless, take 
> risks and make mistakes or bad decisions.
> Cars in the future will be able to navigate, safely, in any environment 
> and will communicate constantly with all of the other cars around it, so 
> that each computer will know where every other car is going and what they 
> plan to do.
> The cars will be able to react much faster to situation than humans and 
> even handle emergency situations that crop up, mostly because of the 
> actions of humans.
> The insurance companies will be all for this as it should reduce traffic 
> accidents and as all actions will be recorded automatically by an on-board 
> "Black Box" recorder, as many cars already have, there should be less 
> lawsuits and damage claims.
> The military has the deep pockets for the research, but the spin offs will 
> follow as the technology goes into use by the commercial sector, mostly in 
> long and short haul trucking, delivery services and finally the private 
> owners; us.
>
> David Evans, NFBF
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Classics,antiques and rods division mailing list" 
> <nfb-cars at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-cars] Gaining experience with driving
>
>
>> hi,
>>
>> speaking of something like this, i think blind people should know how a 
>> car
>> works in case the person they are with has a heart attack or something.
>> the person should pretend they are physically unable to operate the car 
>> and
>> the blind person could practice pulling the foot off of the gas
>> pedal/pushing the shifter to neutral and getting down to a slower speed 
>> and
>> moving onto the shoulder.
>>
>> on the other hand, dr. mauer went overboard in believing the
>> public/insurance companies would allow blind people to drive or a car 
>> will
>> be built that will allow a blind person to drive.
>> half or more of the time, a driver has to react to the unexpected and a
>> system that depends on timing or sensors wouldn't avoid a potential 
>> wreck.
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Reinhard Stebner" <reinhard.stebner at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Classics, antiques and rods division mailing list'"
>> <nfb-cars at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:34 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-cars] Gaining experience with driving
>>
>>
>>>I have heard of totally blind people obtain quality driving lessons from
>>>the
>>> following website:
>>>
>>> http://www.blindcooltech.com/
>>> Look for the article entitled:
>>> "CCB And Master Drive"
>>>
>>> I would like to do this, but am unsure how I could even go about doing 
>>> it.
>>>
>>>
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