Can't wait for these new driverless cars

[CountryboyinDC]

I'm probably safer riding with my wife while she's texting....

 

[MN Fisher]

I'm nervous enough being a passenger even when I KNOW the driver is good and safe. Also, being an ex-programmer, I'd be scared for my life in one of those...what about an intermittent bug?

[jimmyjoe]

5 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

what about an intermittent bug?

 

   Don't worry, they'll still have windshields.  ???     jj

[MN Fisher]

9 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

 

   Don't worry, they'll still have windshields.  ???     jj

[soflabasser]

This subject reminds me why people are much more dangerous than any alligator, water moccasin, shark, or other animal I encounter while fishing. At least animals attack to eat you or defend themselves, same cannot be said for the fools that speed and drive reckless.

[throttleplate]

red light to green and the person in front of you is sittin there texting grrr

[jimmyjoe]

23 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

red light to green and the person in front of you is sittin there texting grrr

 

   That's bad, but not so bad as the idiot coming down the road, weaving from left to right on the shoulder and over the center line, looking down at what they're texting rather than the highway.

 

   THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME!    ??    JJ

[Boomstick]

If they ever can make a driverless car that actually works, it would be cool. I can get up and sleep while on road to a lake.

[Columbia Craw]

I'd rather have a driver less lawn mower

[moguy1973]

Our minivan has lane keep assist and it's pretty nice to be able to let go of the wheel for a second to take a bite of your burger.

 

[A-Jay]

7 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

Our minivan has lane keep assist and it's pretty nice to be able to let go of the wheel for a second to take a bite of your burger.

 

Perfect.

And at 60 mph you, & your whopper are traveling at 88 feet per second. 

 

Meaning, in perfect driving conditions, you can expect to be able to completely stop that minivan in a total of just under 7 seconds (including a 1 second delay for driver reaction) and your total stopping distance would be 302.28 feet, slightly more than a football field in length!  

  Virtually all production vehicles' published road braking performance tests indicate stopping distances from 60 mph that are typically 120 to 140 feet, slightly less than half of the projected safety distances.

While the figures are probably achievable, they are not realistic and certainly not average; they tend to be misleading and to those that actually read them, they create a false sense of security.

Sort of like published Miles Per Gallon numbers which at this point,

I have to believe are only possible with the vehicle off and rolling down a hill, but I digress.

 

So if you you were not just joking (hard to tell)

Please stay in St Louis.

Thank you 

A-Jay

[soflabasser]

Most people need to go back to drivers ed since they do not know how to drive. For example you should drive more careful where it is raining and I see more people speeding when it is raining. Learn how to use your turn signal correctly your car has it for a reason. Another thing is tailgaters are responsible for many of the car accidents. Do not argue with the speed limit since people much more knowledgeable than you are the ones that make those speed limits for safe driving.

[OCdockskipper]

In Southern California, it is nearly ritualistic to drive to Vegas for a weekend of fun.  However, what once was a nice 3.5 hr drive has now become a hair pulling nightmare.

 

First, the sheer number of people on the roads (even with Covid lockdowns) dictates when you can & can't make the trip.  Want to leave at 5:30 on Friday night?  Expect to pull into Vegas near midnight.  You have to drive at specific times or days to avoid miles long backups of cars.

 

Second, if you do find a time that has traffic moving, there appears to be no rules of the road.  People are driving 65 mph in the fast lane with a dozen cars lined up behind them.  Others use the slower lane(s) including the truck lane to pass.  Many who pass look like they are playing "Frogger", jumping in front of cars & trucks as they try to weave their way ahead of traffic.  Trucks move into the fast lane to pass another truck, but take 2 miles to do it, causing a line of cars behind them.

 

The worst example is in the areas where the road is 2 lanes, the fast lane has a car doing just about the same speed as the intermittent trucks/slower traffic in the slow line.  You may have as many as 25 cars behind the inconsiderate fast lane driver and along comes Johnny Me First in the slow lane, passing 3 or 4 cars until he is slowed by a truck in that lane.  He then wedges himself into the fast lane and a minute later as he has now passed the truck, repeats the process.  Into the slow lane, speed up to pass people & wedges himself back into the fast lane.  Imagine doing that when you were in a line for something, jumping in front of people just because someone is too nice to say anything.

 

The rules of the road are so logical and make for such a more pleasant driving experience, it is a shame more people don't follow them.  I am assuming driverless cars will, hence my interest in them being on the road as well.

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Perfect.

And at 60 mph you, & your whopper are traveling at 88 feet per second....

 

So if you you were not just joking (hard to tell)

Please stay in St Louis.

Thank you 

A-Jay

AJay, two things:

 

1) You are absolutely correct;

2) Being a scold is not a good look (which I guess I am being for writing this.  Such the hypocrite I am) ?

[TnRiver46]

4 minutes ago, OCdockskipper said:

In Southern California, it is nearly ritualistic to drive to Vegas for a weekend of fun.  However, what once was a nice 3.5 hr drive has now become a hair pulling nightmare.

 

First, the sheer number of people on the roads (even with Covid lockdowns) dictates when you can & can't make the trip.  Want to leave at 5:30 on Friday night?  Expect to pull into Vegas near midnight.  You have to drive at specific times or days to avoid miles long backups of cars.

 

Second, if you do find a time that has traffic moving, there appears to be no rules of the road.  People are driving 65 mph in the fast lane with a dozen cars lined up behind them.  Others use the slower lane(s) including the truck lane to pass.  Many who pass look like they are playing "Frogger", jumping in front of cars & trucks as they try to weave their way ahead of traffic.  Trucks move into the fast lane to pass another truck, but take 2 miles to do it, causing a line of cars behind them.

 

The worst example is in the areas where the road is 2 lanes, the fast lane has a car doing just about the same speed as the intermittent trucks/slower traffic in the slow line.  You may have as many as 25 cars behind the inconsiderate fast lane driver and along comes Johnny Me First in the slow lane, passing 3 or 4 cars until he is slowed by a truck in that lane.  He then wedges himself into the fast lane and a minute later as he has now passed the truck, repeats the process.  Into the slow lane, speed up to pass people & wedges himself back into the fast lane.  Imagine doing that when you were in a line for something, jumping in front of people just because someone is too nice to say anything.

 

The rules of the road are so logical and make for such a more pleasant driving experience, it is a shame more people don't follow them.  I am assuming driverless cars will, hence my interest in them being on the road as well.

Unfortunately the people programming the driverless cars are the same people that don’t know the rules of the road 

[BassNJake]

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Perfect.

And at 60 mph you, & your whopper are traveling at 88 feet per second. 

 

Meaning, in perfect driving conditions, you can expect to be able to completely stop that minivan in a total of just under 7 seconds (including a 1 second delay for driver reaction) and your total stopping distance would be 302.28 feet, slightly more than a football field in length!  

  Virtually all production vehicles' published road braking performance tests indicate stopping distances from 60 mph that are typically 120 to 140 feet, slightly less than half of the projected safety distances.

While the figures are probably achievable, they are not realistic and certainly not average; they tend to be misleading and to those that actually read them, they create a false sense of security.

Sort of like published Miles Per Gallon numbers which at this point,

I have to believe are only possible with the vehicle off and rolling down a hill, but I digress.

 

So if you you were not just joking (hard to tell)

Please stay in St Louis.

Thank you 

A-Jay

We used to watch safety videos on this when I poured concrete on the highways.

Some guys last thoughts were they can make it across the three lanes before that car can

Also your perception of 55 mph vs 75 mph can be deceiving 

[OCdockskipper]

2 hours ago, BassNJake said:

We used to watch safety videos on this when I poured concrete on the highways...

 

Wouldn't that be distracting?  I mean, trying to focus on getting that concrete poured while those safety videos are yammering on at the same time would probably result in alot of concrete going into places that it shouldn't.

 

That is the best I can do impersonating Emily Litella...

[CountryboyinDC]

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Unfortunately the people programming the driverless cars are the same people that don’t know the rules of the road 

That's a good point.  It seems like the engineers on the 737 Max weren't all pilots either, and we see what kind of tragedy that caused.

[moguy1973]

18 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Perfect.

And at 60 mph you, & your whopper are traveling at 88 feet per second. 

 

Meaning, in perfect driving conditions, you can expect to be able to completely stop that minivan in a total of just under 7 seconds (including a 1 second delay for driver reaction) and your total stopping distance would be 302.28 feet, slightly more than a football field in length!  

  Virtually all production vehicles' published road braking performance tests indicate stopping distances from 60 mph that are typically 120 to 140 feet, slightly less than half of the projected safety distances.

While the figures are probably achievable, they are not realistic and certainly not average; they tend to be misleading and to those that actually read them, they create a false sense of security.

Sort of like published Miles Per Gallon numbers which at this point,

I have to believe are only possible with the vehicle off and rolling down a hill, but I digress.

 

So if you you were not just joking (hard to tell)

Please stay in St Louis.

Thank you 

A-Jay

Joking.  But it does do well in keeping you in your lane.