Google's Robotic Car Get First License To Operate in Nevada..

[aep1974]

Oh great. So now I suppose this stupid car is going to be following all the speed limits, not turning right on red, hestitating at green lights, and hanging out in the left lane. Might as well put a PA or NY plate and call it a day.
Seriously though, whats the point or advantage to this? Can't disabled people get on a bus, call a taxi, or get someone to drive them when they need to be driven?
No thanks, but I'm not ready to give up control to a computer/robot/whatever

[Drawz]

What exactly is the point of a driverless car?

Didn't you ever watch Knight Rider? The applications are endless.

[CaffeineHat]

Didn't you ever watch Knight Rider? The applications are endless.

It's Vegas, put a naked showgirl in the backseat and start making a list...

I mean...

Oh cool...a driverless car...

[Solsbury Krill]

Badkarma tells us it will result in more efficiency.Think about that for a moment. The economy is largely based on human inefficiency and I think this is what is most interesting about these technological developments, in how it has the potential to massively reduce all sort of labor sources. Most the labor performed these days is not skilled that a machine could not do it better, faster and cheaper. Just think for a moment about all the potential job loss associated with autonomous vehicles should they be come norm rather than today's novelty in Nevada. How does it make you feel?

[JeffR]

Just think of the extra sleep time you can get on your commute to work!

[gwhughes]

Put it on a Vette....just for ****s and giggles.

[badkarma]

Badkarma tells us it will result in more efficiency.Think about that for a moment. The economy is largely based on human inefficiency and I think this is what is most interesting about these technological developments, in how it has the potential to massively reduce all sort of labor sources. Most the labor performed these days is not skilled that a machine could not do it better, faster and cheaper. Just think for a moment about all the potential job loss associated with autonomous vehicles should they be come norm rather than today's novelty in Nevada. How does it make you feel?

This same argument was made against the printing press, the cotton gin and the assembly line.

[nebcon]

I mean you do realize this is the inevitability of our society. Just like automated checkout lines, everything changes as tech advances.

Much better idea than the flying car.

[skid vicious]

Oh come on, i know you feel the same way bout NJ drivers.
We're probably the rudest most impatient bastards out there.
BTW, phillies suck, eagles suck, flyers suck

LETS GO DEVILS!!!!

[VCaddy05]

eventually, if it works out, the end result will be efficiency. Imagine a rush hour with no stupid drivers making stupid mistakes, just cars talking to and being controlled by a single computer system. Traffic would be reduced pretty significantly, and we would have far fewer crashes.

no rubber necking, drivers not paying attention to when traffic speeds up. Sign me up!

[VCaddy05]

Badkarma tells us it will result in more efficiency.Think about that for a moment. The economy is largely based on human inefficiency and I think this is what is most interesting about these technological developments, in how it has the potential to massively reduce all sort of labor sources. Most the labor performed these days is not skilled that a machine could not do it better, faster and cheaper. Just think for a moment about all the potential job loss associated with autonomous vehicles should they be come norm rather than today's novelty in Nevada. How does it make you feel?

What does that mean we should stop progressing? Keep everything the same and never change? That has been the way our society has worked since its inception. From the printing press, to the cotton gin, to the textile mills to the assembly line, to the automated assembly line, to the automobile, to the ATM, to those auto checkouts, and eventually automated cars. That is life, you either adapt or deal with it. With every new advancement has added jobs in other sectors too.

[VCaddy05]

Put it on a Vette....just for ****s and giggles.

suuuriously! Get that damn Prius out of here.

[VCaddy05]

This same argument was made against the printing press, the cotton gin and the assembly line.

LOL damn stole my thunder....

[JeffR]

Much better idea than the flying car.

They do have those now.

[Samm]

What exactly is the point of a driverless car?

To shift fault from the driver to the manufacturer when the "computer" is blinded by the setting sun and runs over granny in the crosswalk.