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LiberalLovinLug

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28. What could possibly go wrong?

Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Sun Aug 28, 2016, 02:58 PM

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Michigan may soon allow self-driving cars on the road [View all] FrodosPet Aug 2016 OP

I don't know what to think about all this. montana_hazeleyes Aug 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #2

200-300 miles a night in some of SE Michigan's worse snows! FrodosPet Aug 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #4

are you saying the average moron would drive better Fred Drum Aug 2016 #21

They simply don't understand Americans bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #5

You said it. tazkcmo Aug 2016 #6

Imagine the lawsuits if one is at fault in a wreck. Imagine one being hacked, 7962 Aug 2016 #9

The automaker is on the hook in this proposal. MADem Aug 2016 #14

please, fuck with an autonomous car Fred Drum Aug 2016 #22

No doubt, the same was said by hose and buggy drivers of Ransom E. Olds and Thomas B. Jeffery LanternWaste Aug 2016 #32

Transposing time periods and technologies bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #33

They'll eventually be much safer statistically than human driven cars madville Aug 2016 #7

For a while the studies will be useless. Igel Aug 2016 #25

Right! That won't work where I live. longship Aug 2016 #8

Post removed Post removed Aug 2016 #23

great news! nobody will have to get drivers licenseses anymore. if one class does not need them msongs Aug 2016 #10

Some central issues? jessewalkeratpdx Aug 2016 #11

To err is human. Human drivers have bugs: perceptual, cognitive, ethical, bacterial, viral, ... nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #12

In the near term, though, you'll still have to "drive" your self-driving car. MADem Aug 2016 #13

i can crawl Fred Drum Aug 2016 #17

Perhaps I was unclear jessewalkeratpdx Aug 2016 #27

I rather think everything you've mentioned is why this law is desired, you see. MADem Aug 2016 #29

Welcome to DU! There are very few here who understand theory of computation and it's relevance. bananas Aug 2016 #35

This is definitely one of the best posts I have seen on the subject FrodosPet Aug 2016 #37

Sure, let's test them there. Helen Borg Aug 2016 #15

WHAT .. humans are allowed to drive Fred Drum Aug 2016 #16

We already have them in Michigan. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2016 #18

you're already too old Fred Drum Aug 2016 #19

"right now every state requires a law to have a driver" Enrique Aug 2016 #20

This law is for automaker research. MADem Aug 2016 #30

Well, that's going to freak out the wife, for sure nt MrScorpio Aug 2016 #24

It is Michican, what could possibly go wrong. olddad56 Aug 2016 #26

What could possibly go wrong? LiberalLovinLug Aug 2016 #28

Said the makers of horse carriages in 1905. former9thward Aug 2016 #31

Touche LiberalLovinLug Aug 2016 #34

The Simple Solution to Traffic MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 #36