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Originally Posted by VitaMan
Getting closer to a nanny state all the time. Or is it just technology advancing that is making humans....useless.
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If you have a Android phone the nanny state is already here. They can track your location, who you call, emails, take video of, even voice commands and what you say into the phone.
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Originally Posted by Oralist
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As for self driving cars, no thanks. I enjoy the pleasure of driving. Maybe for Mellennials, who are more concerned with texting than driving.
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No shit. I was out Christmas shopping and nobody was going through the light after it turned green because people were on their "smart"phones. Made me wish for self driving cars for the idiots but I wondered why I was such an idiot for not using Amazon that day.
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Originally Posted by boardman
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It will be a generational thing but it will be 90% of the traffic in 20 years. At least in the city. The govt will figure out a way to "encourage it." Once it becomes reliable women will demand to have it. It will be like a smartphone or clothes washer.
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Originally Posted by VitaMan
Pick ups have always been the big moneymakers for manufacturers. SUV probably second.
For the big cities, the solution is to not keep building more and more and more freeways. The solution is to only let people drive their cars 2 or 3 days a week. Everything they need to get done, they can get done during those times - no more impulse or random trips to the store. But...it will never happen.
When you hop in your car, and start to see all the other vehicles on the road - ever wonder where they are all going ?
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A lot of people around me "work from home." The fiber optic (and wireless) is responsible for much increased gas mileage and personal productivity.
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Originally Posted by Fizley
I remember when Google announced their driverless cars. My first thought is how will that affect the hobby?
Something tells me with driverless cars it will much easier to track in the future
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It will be imperative that the driverless vehicle be tracked constantly.