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[Lewis]

Cars Technica / All things automotive
Ford’s new car automatically slows down when it sees a speed limit sign
The end of speeding tickets... or spirited driving?
http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/03...y-slows-down-when-it-sees-a-speed-limit-sign/

 

[reba]

creepy

 

[AirDancer]

I want them out of my kitchen.
I want them out of my shower.
My car is off limits,
I'll decide on speed limits,
I want to retain all of my power!

 

[Gary]

Ford’s new car automatically slows down when it sees a speed limit sign

I'll just put one of Tesla's "Insane Mode" buttons in my vehicle.

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[AirDancer]

I wonder what will happen to those new cars when they're on an interstate or mutliple-laned highway, where a semi is in the lane on the right, thereby blocking any view of a change-in-speed-limit sign?

 

[jasonc]

or it breaks, because well they just make so well. monica's truck which I didn't tell her has no linkage from the gas pedal to the engine. loose that sensor on the throttle or the foot the truck will just idle.

 

[AirDancer]

All of these expensive add-ons .... with equally expensive repairs, should the need arise

 

[jasonc]

All of these expensive add-ons .... with equally expensive repairs, should the need arise

and well I wont be able to repair those as that means more tools and retraining.

 

[Lewis]

Well hey Ford already has cars that park themselves

Ford Auto-park demonstration

 

[jasonc]

I know, but while change may be and this can be good as It can give the elderly independence. like the air craft that have auto pilots and so forth, when those system fails who should be able to drive it? YOU. I see a problem with the younger drivers that haven't the experience with "old" style cars.

 

[AirDancer]

I know, but while change may be and this can be good as It can give the elderly independence. like the air craft that have auto pilots and so forth, when those system fails who should be able to drive it? YOU. I see a problem with the younger drivers that haven't the experience with "old" style cars.

Your concerns about the younger drivers is my concern as well.

 

[jasonc]

im still leary about machines doing all the work. just given the issues of lack of control. I have seen a few years before the Toyota idle problem with their throttle sensor at the foot. the garbage truck idling in the middle of doing 45, and the truck stuck with no way to move.

 

[AirDancer]

While I don't want to go back to the days of horse & buggy, I still don't want vehicles so computerized that malfunctions can have serious consequences.

 

[Lewis]

This flying car will be ready for take off in 2017
http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/17/autos/aeromobil-flying-car/index.html

 

[Mike S]

The good old days.

 

[jasonc]

This flying car will be ready for take off in 2017
http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/17/autos/aeromobil-flying-car/index.html

that again? not all can fly, nor should. imagine someone with seizures, high blood pressure piloting your aircraft then passes out and you cant fly? its going to be a long ride down. that is why that isn't going to work never mind where you couldn't go and landing. vtol systems don't like turbulence at all the av8 harrier and the osprey are the worst for crashes if im not mistaken.

 

[AirDancer]

This flying car will be ready for take off in 2017
http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/17/autos/aeromobil-flying-car/index.html

Now that's scary!

Can you imagine people who can't drive will soon have license to fly???

There won't even be a safe place to get away from those crazies!

 

[jasonc]

The good old days.

lol. the hand crank starter.

 

[jasonc]

Now that's scary!

Can you imagine people who can't drive will soon have license to fly???

There won't even be a safe place to get away from those crazies!

a kid cant drive at 13 but he can fly. yes that is scary.

 

[AirDancer]

lol. the hand crank starter.

At least those old cars could be worked on by the owner. These new, highly computerized cars are nigh on to impossible to work on unless one has a lot of training.