Here's the thing Jason. If you make cars so ridiculously expensive that people can't afford them, GDP goes to 50%, and millions starve. Operator error accounts for the vast majority of car situations, not maintenance. Safety would require everyone to be driven around in a chauffeured limousine, with the chauffeur having taken extensive training before being licensed. The car would be inspected daily by a licensed mechanic. 90% of the population could not afford this.
Now compare that to requiring a test before buying M-80s. Nothing. No one starves. GDP is unaffected. You are comparing apples to oranges.
The motive for autonomous cars is primarily to eliminate operator error. Autonomous cars that can monitor their mechanical parts, and report that it needs maintenance. Refusing to start till it was fixed, and telling authorities if it was tampered with. Robot cars because most people can't afford a licensed chauffeur with extensive training, or a mechanic to check their car daily before they drive. This is the future. Robots transporting people.
the robots thing isn't going to happen any time soon,
operator error? that includes maintance. its your responsibility to ensure it safe.
m 80s are not firecrackers. nothing of my post suggest a cdl level. in fact that is not that hard at all. I have a license in that and they take you ON the road to test. my state for a class e license doesn't. you drive in a parking lot and don't even parrelel park, I took my class e test that way. I had more training by the army then anything and all they did is a written test, eye exam and driver test for a good distance. that isnt that hard to ask.
on car prices? seriously the used truck I have for a Tacoma brand new would have cost more then the home my mom bought in 1993.
on that note of automony do you really think we should have a robot only be able to operate the car? imagine if the airline pilot wasn't able to glide the aircraft down into the Hudson because he had no training or that the robots couldn't. with a car, as its been shown for now to many variables for that to happen.
remember that problem with sudden acceleration with the Toyotas and death? when electronics go they need to have a means to be overridden and the thing safetly operated. I don't trust a computer like that. monica's dodge has no throttle linkage. if the gas pedle dies she cant give it gas or the throttle body. she will hopefully never face that but I have seen that with garbage trucks in the middle of the road simple idle and thankfully no one got hurt.
asking knowledge of what to do with inclement weather is too much and also to demonstate it? there is a proposed test which was a dl test years ago to have courses like that. im not talking about stunt driving.
simply being put in less then perfect driving conditions and controlling the vehicle and or avoiding an accident.
I also said I prefer that one does the maintance I never said I want it.
we are already there with safety as these are required and cost you MORE to have in.
sensors for tire pressure and to include mandatory resetting them and retraining the module to see them.
back up cameras because people simply cant look and be alert or use their mirrors. I do both and not use a back up camera.
radar to avoid cars while passing.
a sensor in a tire to keep it working isn't cheap. you pay for that.like I said I have an eye.i notice my truck and see both mine and my work truck when I have issues. I may have a front end issue as I have play in the steering and its probably a idler arm or linkage. to big to be the worm gear adjustment.
Ah well, I got to go do the news anyway. 