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Have you seen the commercial of the car that can park itself? Now there's a car that will automatically put on the brakes when it comes close to an object. With all this new technology, nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong.
I was watching the news the other day. The reporter was showing a car going down the street when another car pulled out in front of it. The car came to a sudden stop. A ball was rolled out in front of that car. The car stopped again.
The man that was promoting this new technology was so proud. When the reporter asked him what his goal was, he answered, "to have no more yaccidents".
This man doesn't live in the real world. His brilliant idea can and will cause more accidents. For example, you are driving in a major city. A car cuts in front of you to get off at the next exit. Your car doesn't know that and will slam on the brakes. Now your mad with road rage but you can't run into him because your car will not let you.
What will the car behind you do if for no reason at all, your car comes to a stop? Maybe they could install a sensor on the rear of the car so it would speed up, to keep you from getting hit from behind. Now there would be two sensors fighting each other.
What will happen when the roads are slick? The car on the news was driving slow on dry pavement. I want them to do it again on snow packed icy roads. I want to see what would happen when a deer jumps out in front of you while you're going 70 miles per hour.
How many times have you hit a bird while driving? Your first reaction is to duck. The car doesn't know how to duck so will it slam on the brakes? What will you think when it happens in the middle of the night and the bird flies in front of your car but never touches it?
I am saving the best for last. I want to see that car drive out in western Kansas on a windy day. The object of driving out there is to hit the biggest tumbleweeds you can. If you arrive at your next stop and it is still attached to your vehicle, you win. If this car did, how often would you have to change the brake pads?
Have you seen the commercial of the car that can park itself? Now there's a car that will automatically put on the brakes when it comes close to an object. With all this new technology, nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong.
I was watching the news the other day. The reporter was showing a car going down the street when another car pulled out in front of it. The car came to a sudden stop. A ball was rolled out in front of that car. The car stopped again.
The man that was promoting this new technology was so proud. When the reporter asked him what his goal was, he answered, "to have no more yaccidents".
This man doesn't live in the real world. His brilliant idea can and will cause more accidents. For example, you are driving in a major city. A car cuts in front of you to get off at the next exit. Your car doesn't know that and will slam on the brakes. Now your mad with road rage but you can't run into him because your car will not let you.
What will the car behind you do if for no reason at all, your car comes to a stop? Maybe they could install a sensor on the rear of the car so it would speed up, to keep you from getting hit from behind. Now there would be two sensors fighting each other.
What will happen when the roads are slick? The car on the news was driving slow on dry pavement. I want them to do it again on snow packed icy roads. I want to see what would happen when a deer jumps out in front of you while you're going 70 miles per hour.
How many times have you hit a bird while driving? Your first reaction is to duck. The car doesn't know how to duck so will it slam on the brakes? What will you think when it happens in the middle of the night and the bird flies in front of your car but never touches it?
I am saving the best for last. I want to see that car drive out in western Kansas on a windy day. The object of driving out there is to hit the biggest tumbleweeds you can. If you arrive at your next stop and it is still attached to your vehicle, you win. If this car did, how often would you have to change the brake pads?
There are many driving conditions and they can change in seconds. Can a computer with a sensor do a better job of driving than you or me? When I am in my truck and the outside temperature reaches 34 degrees, a lighted highway with a snowflake on it appears on my instrument panel.
The sun could be shining brightly but that snowflake will stay on. This computer can only tell you the temperature not the road conditioned. I would rather they would put a polar bear or an Eskimo on there instead of a snowflake. If they used a likeness of me, I would appear on the panel at 60 degrees and shivering.
