Self driving GTi

[Boomy]

Did anyone else see this?.

LINK

"On a race circuit, it drove itself faster and more precisely than the VW engineers could manage"

[Rusty Nuts]

aaaaa mazing

[Boomy]

Remember the odd futuristic film where they all gaze longingly at an old motor car, now stuck inside a glass enclosure and are amazed that you used to have the freedom to drive it how you wanted?.

Give it time.

The only reason i can see that this will never take off however is that ALL speed cameras will suddenly be made redundant.

I wonder what tax they will invent to cater for that for the next genrations of drivers.

<< ponders

[neilb]

QUOTE

People should not be allowed to drive. People make mistakes all the time. The roads would be much safer if computers controlled all cars. We would not even need stop lights anymore.

- Joe, USA

                       

[Blatman]

What was that joke doing the rounds about Microsoft building cars instead of GM? Something about cars would crash twice a day, and every time you filled it with fuel you'd have to reprogramme the engine management... anyhow, computers are programmed by people, and people make mistakes...

[neilb]

Bill Gates reportedly compared the

computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with

technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00

cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon".

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release

stating:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars

with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a

new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would

have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut

off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue.

For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn would cause your

car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to

reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,

five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five

percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be

replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning

light.

7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and

refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned

the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to

drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same

manner as the old car.

10.You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

[Blatman]

Yup, that's the puppy...