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Old 10-12-2010, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by PaulC View Post
So if you're traveling on a wintry Interstate, catching up on a Rockford files rerun on Hulu, and a little undetected black ice is present under the tires, what happens? Does the car still try to maintain 65 MPH as it enters a curve?
I'm sure this technology would only be usable in good weather. Rain and snow would disrupt its optical sensors.

That is a huge consideration, though. If people become to reliant on this technology, use it when they shouldn't, and someone gets killed, whose fault is it? I can't imagine the liability an autodrive system would put on an automaker that builds them.
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