Google wins key patent for driverless car

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Autonomous cross country

If every car was equipped with that and a breathalizer, there would be no more drunk drivers on the road.

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Frankly with some of the drivers on the road these days, I'd take my chances with the computer.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Tell me about it - you find most of them dropping their kids off at school. Avoid schools - avoid a pointless death due to an inconsiderate incapable unaware ****...

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

You're not kidding. Inconsiderate above everything else. My wife deals with them daily. Fortunately with the older two she just parks a block away and they meet her there, with the younger two she's right in the belly of the beast.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Yep - it puts a whole different meaning to making it through high school.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Drivers in your area are considerate and excellent in comparison to those down here!

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Holy crap!

The grass is always greener.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I'd vote as a strong second to this the post-evening-meal period when moms are frantically rushing to get their kids to soccer-badminton-fencing-russian lessons-whatever.

Insane. They drive like paramedics on a code 3.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

".... SkyNet became self-aware on...."

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

I know, yet I still stand by my first inclination!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

In this case it is. I remember my gf came up to visit one time and she couldn't believe that people actually had manners on the roads (letting each other go, not frenzied, etc.) My area in particular is bad, its generally very wealthy. The soccer moms act similarly in the manner you describe above but they know that id they hit anything they can buy their way out of it either via lawyer or just paying for it. The other day I was backing out of a spot, was about 3/4 way out and a giant SUV (Porsche) sped by behind me, missed me by inches. Same lot, a few days earlier...saw a huge brand new shiny (i.e. unused for any actual pickup use) ford pickup with a "don't tread on me" sticker on the front bumper fail to negotiate a corner. Knocked over a mailbox, oen of those newspaper thingers, and nearly hit a pedestrian. Guy flips off the pedestrian and speeds into a parking space. The stories go on and on...I've probably got hundreds from soccer moms driving enormous SUVs and literally not knowing how to park (I'd bet they couldn't park a hatch, forget about the SUV). The traffic and drivers are actually something I look forward to coming back to in CT sometimes.

I am also scared ****less that my brand new car is gonna get conked

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

How (If at all) do Autonomously operated vehicles respond to "Horns" ?

1st rule of Redneck Motordom:
If it don't respond to 145 dB, It's "Fair Game".

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